# Amputations at Elixir Door and Metals Company
> OSHA SIR `2022108768` · 10/5/2022 · DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Elixir Door and Metals Company
- **Location:** 1215 Pope Drive, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, 31533
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of polystyrene foam when the rotating portion of the saw pulled her glove into the saw. The employee sustained a one-eighth- to one-quarter-inch amputation to her right middle finger.

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