# Amputations at Continental Tire the Americas, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020021757` · 2/22/2020 · BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Continental Tire the Americas, LLC
- **Location:** 160 Aldora Strret, BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30204
- **NAICS:** 314992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee attempted to untangle ends on machine when their right hand got caught in the yarn and severed the tip of employee's pinky finger.

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