# Amputations at Synthetic Turf Resources
> OSHA SIR `2021021066` · 2/5/2021 · 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Synthetic Turf Resources
- **Location:** 2680 Abutment Rd, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30719
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to straighten the synthetic turf when the turf cutting knife engaged and amputated their right ring and pinky fingers.

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