# Amputations at MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20211210902` · 12/19/2021 · SUMMERVILLE, 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:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 106 JOHN BANKSTON DRIVE, SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, 30747
- **NAICS:** 314110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a waste container on a dust collector. The employee went to remove a string from the dust collector and his hand was pulled into the rotary valve, resulting in amputations to two fingertips on his right hand.

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