# Amputations at Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211110160` · 11/24/2021 · RINGGOLD, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 1015 Industrial Blvd, RINGGOLD, GEORGIA, 30736
- **NAICS:** 314110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a product jam on the production line when their hand was struck by a cutting mechanism that trims product to size. The employee sustained amputations to their fingertips.

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