# Amputations at Polk Mechanical Company
> OSHA SIR `2020054875` · 5/26/2020 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Clothing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Polk Mechanical Company
- **Location:** 10864 Texas Health Trail, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76244
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a pipe grooving machine when an article of his clothing was caught in the machine. As he was attempting to remove the article of clothing, his right index and middle fingers were amputated by the machine.

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