# Amputations at JOHN DEERE HARVESTER WORKS
> OSHA SIR `2015129087` · 12/2/2015 · EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** JOHN DEERE HARVESTER WORKS
- **Location:** 1100 13TH AVENUE, EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS, 61244
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding down product in a weld fixture with their right hand. The employee's right pinky fingertip was pinched in one of two pivot points and the tip was amputated.

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