# Amputations at SOLOMON COLORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021098258` · 9/24/2021 · SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SOLOMON COLORS, INC.
- **Location:** 4050 NORTH COLOR PLANT RD, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, 62702
- **NAICS:** 325131
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 24, 2021, an employee was trying to unjam a machine. His left hand was caught in a rotary airlock valve (accessed through an inspection port), which pinched his middle finger. The finger was amputated up to the first knuckle. The machine was running at the time.

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