# Amputations at Shaw Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191213064` · 12/20/2019 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Shaw Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1631 Abutment Road, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
- **NAICS:** 314110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a horizontal fiber baling unit when the steel door to the baler closed on his left hand, amputating his left thumb tip.

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