# Amputations at J+J Flooring Group
> OSHA SIR `2016098333` · 9/3/2016 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** J+J Flooring Group
- **Location:** 818 J&J Drive, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
- **NAICS:** 314110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing the tufting machine and straightening up the yarn on a puller roller when his right ring finger was caught and amputated in the machine.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*