# Amputations at Mohawk Industries
> OSHA SIR `2017054371` · 5/14/2017 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Mohawk Industries
- **Location:** 104 E. McFarland Rd., DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
- **NAICS:** 326150
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually moving yarn stuck in the texturizer on the extrusion line. The machine was turned back on and amputated the left index fingertip.

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