# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2025076859` · 7/15/2025 · BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 100 Premier Drive, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, 62220
- **NAICS:** 316210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was training another employee on a sole stamping machine that cuts shoe sole inserts. During the training, the injured employee (trainer) was adjusting the material and die when the machine cycled and their right middle fingertip was amputated.

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