# Amputations at Smith Filter Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2021075844` · 7/16/2021 · MOLINE, 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:** Smith Filter Corp.
- **Location:** 5000 41ST ST., MOLINE, ILLINOIS, 61265
- **NAICS:** 333413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a rigid cell brace punch machine when their left index finger was caught in the point of operation, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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