# Amputations at Smith Filter Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022065600` · 6/27/2022 · MOLINE, 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:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Smith Filter Corporation
- **Location:** 5000 41ST ST., MOLINE, ILLINOIS, 61265
- **NAICS:** 333413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 27, 2022, an employee was cutting a 4-inch strip of metal on a shear machine. As he was lining up the metal the shear amputated the tip of his right thumb.

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