# Amputations at Polyworks, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020043620` · 4/20/2020 · NORTH SMITHFIELD, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Polyworks, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Tupperware Drive, Suite 7, NORTH SMITHFIELD, RHODE ISLAND, 02896
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a ribbon cutting machine. The machine became jammed with elastic; while the employee was clearing the jam, the machine cycled and amputated the tip of the employee's right index finger.

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