# Amputations at AmeriPride Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015075009` · 7/24/2015 · 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:** Fabric pressers and ironing appliances
## Employer
- **Name:** AmeriPride Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 280 Greenwood Street, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01607
- **NAICS:** 812331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the area around the flat iron when his hand entered the iron's gear mechanism to clean it. The mechanism was operating at the time.  He removed the cover and his finger got caught between the gears, amputating his right finger to the first knuckle.

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