# Amputations at Michelin North America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110959` · 11/22/2016 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Michelin North America, Inc.
- **Location:** 5101 21st Street, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a chain hoist when his right index finger was caught between the chain and sprocket, amputating his fingertip.

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