# Amputations at CHROMA COLOR
> OSHA SIR `2019010618` · 1/18/2019 · DELAWARE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** CHROMA COLOR
- **Location:** 100 Colomet Drive, DELAWARE, OHIO, 43015
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the throat and screw on a plastic extrusion machine using a rag. The rag and the employee's right hand were pulled into the rotating screw causing the amputation of the middle fingertip and an avulsion to the index fingertip.

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