# Amputations at Yamaha Motor Corp
> OSHA SIR `2018010723` · 1/22/2018 · NEWNAN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Product assembly machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Yamaha Motor Corp
- **Location:** 1000 GEORGIA HIGHWAY EAST, NEWNAN, GEORGIA, 30265
- **NAICS:** 336999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading an ATV sub component into a weld cell when his glove and right middle finger were caught between a clamping mechanism. His right middle fingertip was amputated.

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