# Amputations at Flexsteel Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088449` · 8/16/2019 · DUBLIN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Flexsteel Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 701 Industrial Boulevard, DUBLIN, GEORGIA, 31021
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting sheets of cotton batting with a lightweight round knife. The knife cut his left middle finger, causing the amputation of flesh from the fingertip.

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