# Amputations at Industrial Polymers & Chemicals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098413` · 9/12/2023 · SHREWSBURY, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Industrial Polymers & Chemicals, Inc.
- **Location:** 508 Boston Turnpike, SHREWSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01545
- **NAICS:** 314999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 12, 2023, at 9:20 AM, an employee was feeding material through a machine. A roll of material fell from above and crushed his right little finger between the pole and the ledge of the table. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the finger, below the nail line but above the knuckle.

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