# Amputations at Manufacturing Maintenance Solutions Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021165` · 2/6/2023 · EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Manufacturing Maintenance Solutions Inc.
- **Location:** Caterpillar, EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61611
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 6, 2023, at approximately 5:00 p.m., an employee was inspecting a hoist. While the employee was conducting the wire rope inspection, his glove was caught on the wire and his finger was pulled into the pinch point between the drum and wire. The employee suffered an amputation of his left index fingertip.

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