# Amputations at Polytemp, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043602` · 4/26/2022 · PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Polytemp, Inc.
- **Location:** 21 N Pearl Street, PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK, 10573
- **NAICS:** 811412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning and servicing a slip and drive machine. While he was checking whether it was working, its gears pulled in a rag and then his right index finger. The finger was amputated at the knuckle.

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