# Amputations at Gates Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018066406` · 6/27/2018 · GALESBURG, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gates Corporation
- **Location:** 630 US Highway 150 E, GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, 61401
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to retrieve a piece of rubber from a guillotine cutting machine when the machine was actuated. The guillotine blade then dropped from its housing and amputated the employee's left hand at its midpoint, severing four fingers and half of the thumb.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*