# Amputations at John Deere Harvester Works
> OSHA SIR `2018099862` · 9/24/2018 · EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** John Deere Harvester Works
- **Location:** 1100 13th Avenue, EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS, 61244
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting a shear rack that was sitting on wheeled dollies. The rack shifted, causing the amputation of the employee's left middle fingertip in the pinch point between the rack and the dolly.

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