# Amputations at Colormasters, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019044062` · 4/22/2019 · ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Colormasters, LLC
- **Location:** 632 Smith Road, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35951
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was threading a machine when his left thumb came in contact with a cutting blade, resulting in a thumb tip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.

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