# Amputations at POLARTEC, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015074277` · 7/2/2015 · LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** POLARTEC, LLC
- **Location:** 46 STAFFORD STREET, LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01841
- **NAICS:** 313210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee sustained a partial amputation to the tip of one of his fingers while threading fabric through a textile machine.

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