# Amputations at Leading Edge Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212750` · 12/12/2018 · 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Leading Edge Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 1800 16TH AVE., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61104
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 12, 2018, an employee's left ring fingertip was crushed and amputated between the pressure die and the tube/part when the machinery started.

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