# Amputations at Titan Wheel Corporation of Illinois
> OSHA SIR `2023043567` · 4/21/2023 · QUINCY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Titan Wheel Corporation of Illinois
- **Location:** 2701 Spruce Street, QUINCY, ILLINOIS, 62301
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a warehouse retrieving rims off a moving conveyor. While removing a rim, his little finger was pinched between it and a stationary handrail, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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