# Amputations at Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021014` · 2/2/2022 · 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:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 1015 Industrial Blvd, RINGGOLD, GEORGIA, 30736
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 2, 2022, an employee was removing dust from a dust collection system when two of their left-hand fingers made contact with a paddle device on the dust collection system, resulting in fingertip amputations.

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