# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024076775` · 7/25/2024 · RINGGOLD, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 1015 Industrial Blvd, RINGGOLD, GEORGIA, 30736
- **NAICS:** 314110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While performing routine maintenance on equipment an employee manually rotated the baffle bracket. The employee's fingers were pinched between a baffle and the support frame resulting in a fingertip amputation and lacerations.

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