# Amputations at POLAR TANK TRAILER
> OSHA SIR `2015063330` · 6/1/2015 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** POLAR TANK TRAILER
- **Location:** 4825 E. Kearney St., SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
- **NAICS:** 332420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing material inside a drill press when the press came down and caught his right glove. The distal half of his right thumb was amputated at the middle joint. He was hospitalized and received treatment.

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