# Amputations at Regal Rexnord Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022042946` · 4/2/2022 · DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Regal Rexnord Corporation
- **Location:** 2324 Curtiss St., DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS, 60515
- **NAICS:** 332991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing an outer diameter grinder machine. The machine had been turned on for testing. The employee attempted to slow down a belt during shutdown. The employee's finger was caught between a belt and pulley resulting in an amputation to his fingertip. The machine was not locked out/tagged out 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*