# Amputations at Republic Elite, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023076559` · 7/21/2023 · LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Elite, LLC
- **Location:** 755 Raco Drive, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, 30046
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a miter saw to cut a board. As the saw blade contacted the board, it pulled the board and the employee's hand into the blade. The top of his left hand was severely lacerated, requiring hospitalization and surgery to amputate the hand.

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