# Amputations at Titan Wheel Corporation of Illinois
> OSHA SIR `2019032592` · 3/11/2019 · QUINCY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Titan Wheel Corporation of Illinois
- **Location:** 2701 Spruce Street, QUINCY, ILLINOIS, 62301
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 11, 2019, an employee was checking a jet nut on a roll forming machine. The nut and its shaft rotated, and his right ring finger was pinched between his Allen wrench and a guide rail within the machine. The fingertip was amputated. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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