POLARTEC, LLC

An employee was walking in the office when her foot was caught on the edge of a floor mat. She tripped and broke her right femur.

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

On August 25, 2025, a machine operator was working on the heat-set end of a textile bleach/prep range machine. He was running leader cloth and it was bunching up. He climbed a catwalk so he could reach the cloth and flatten it out. His right hand was caught in a nip roll while adjusting the cloth. The employee's middle and ring fingertips were amputated.

An employee was making a fiber. He used his right hand to smooth the ends of polypropylene yarn and ensure they wrapped evenly onto a beam, spinning at 7 RPM. Some yarn got wrapped around his right middle finger and lacerated the finger and removed the nail, resulting in a distal amputation.

An employee was climbing down a ladder from the top of a machine 8 feet above the ground. He missed the second-to-last rung from the bottom and fell to the floor, suffering a broken right tibia and fibula.

On July 19, 2024, an employee was preparing to start the warp machine and was wrapping the yarned ends around the beam. Their right hand went behind the beam and between the press roll, bypassing the guard. When the machine started, it crushed their right hand. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was using a utility knife to remove film from a roll of material for a coder machine when the knife became stuck. He pulled his arm back to free the knife. When the knife came free, it cut his left arm between the wrist and elbow.

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.