# Amputations at Polar Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2017098616` · 9/7/2017 · WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Polar Corp.
- **Location:** 40 WALCOTT ST., WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01603
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 7, 2017, an employee was adjusting a bottle cap removal machine when it amputated the employee's finger. 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*