# Amputations at Abilene Machine LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020088174` · 8/28/2020 · SOLOMON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Abilene Machine LLC
- **Location:** 407 Old Highway 40, SOLOMON, KANSAS, 67480
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to start a pulley by hand when the pulley grabbed and pulled the employee's right ring finger between the pulley and belt, resulting in an amputation of the finger.

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