# Amputations at CONTINENTAL TIRE THE AMERICAS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181111430` · 11/6/2018 · MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CONTINENTAL TIRE THE AMERICAS, LLC
- **Location:** 11525 NORTH IL HWY 142, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, 62864
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While operating a guillotine blade cutter on the mixing line, an employee received an injury resulting in the amputation of the ring and pinky fingertips. The middle finger was also crushed.

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