# Amputations at Solutia Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032711` · 3/20/2018 · SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Solutia Inc.
- **Location:** 730 Worcester St, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01151
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee received a thumb pad amputation while troubleshooting a wooden pallet dispenser.  The ram of the dispenser came forward to dispense a pallet and on its backward stroke caught the employee's thumb and pinched it between the ram and ram housing.

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