# Amputations at Millwood Specialty Flooring, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087239` · 8/9/2023 · ELLIJAY, 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, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Millwood Specialty Flooring, LLC
- **Location:** 2213 Progress Road, ELLIJAY, GEORGIA, 30540
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a permanently fixed defect saw to cut defects out of wood strips. The saw caught his shirt sleeves and pulled in his arm, causing the amputation of his right hand at the wrist.

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