# Amputations at Superior Consolidated Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021969` · 2/27/2018 · EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Consolidated Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 200 Carver Lane, EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61611
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 27, 2018, at approximately 7:00 a.m., an employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor line when his fingers were caught between a pulley and belt, resulting in a left ring fingertip amputation.

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