# Amputations at SOLOMON COLORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020054490` · 5/14/2020 · SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** SOLOMON COLORS, INC.
- **Location:** 4050 NORTH COLOR PLANT RD, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, 62702
- **NAICS:** 325131
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 14, 2020, at approximately 1:00 p.m., an employee was operating a dispensing machine fed by a moving conveyor belt. As the employee attempted to retrieve material from the conveyor, the employee's right pinky fingertip was amputated by the moving belt and pulley.

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