# Amputations at American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20180813300` · 8/24/2018 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation
- **Location:** 1500 Holmes Rd., ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60123
- **NAICS:** 332991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 24, 2018, an employee was servicing a conveyor when it pinched the employee's thumb, resulting in a thumb tip amputation.

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