# Amputations at Portland Regency Hotel & Spa
> OSHA SIR `2017099099` · 9/22/2017 · PORTLAND, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Portland Regency Hotel & Spa
- **Location:** 20 Milk Street, PORTLAND, MAINE, 04101
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was demonstrating how to use an ice cream machine to a new employee when her finger entered a hole in the machine, amputating her fingertip.

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