# Amputations at UNITED LENS COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015096907` · 9/21/2015 · SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED LENS COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 259 WORCESTER ST., SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01550
- **NAICS:** 327215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a polisher when the machine pulled in her cleaning cloth and caught and amputated her left index fingertip. 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*