# Amputations at Michelin Tread Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2023010798` · 1/25/2023 · COVINGTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Michelin Tread Technologies
- **Location:** 12170 Lockridge Boulevard, COVINGTON, GEORGIA, 30014
- **NAICS:** 326212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a malfunctioning pneumatic arm that grabbed tire tread and pulled it onto a conveyor belt. While the employee was investigating the malfunction, the employee's right little finger was caught in a pinch point on the arm. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger.

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