# Amputations at Rust-oleum Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018088185` · 8/10/2018 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Paint mixing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rust-oleum Corporation
- **Location:** 405 18th Ave, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61104
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a filter to filter ingredients into a mixer when the filter became caught on the rotating shaft of the mixer. The filter then amputated the employee's right middle and ring fingertips.

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