# Amputations at Continental Tire The Americas, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023065492` · 6/21/2023 · MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Continental Tire The Americas, LLC
- **Location:** 11525 NORTH IL HWY 142, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, 62864
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee noticed that a conveyor had stopped moving tires. As the employee was working to repair the conveyor, the sprocket advanced and amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

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