# Amputations at KLEAR-VU CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `20201111260` · 11/10/2020 · FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** KLEAR-VU CORPORATION
- **Location:** 600 Airport Road, FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, 02720
- **NAICS:** 314999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was clearing a jam on a polyester filling machine, a pneumatically controlled door closed on his right ring fingertip. The fingertip was amputated.

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