# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at MARKETING ALLIANCE SAMPLES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024088061` · 8/29/2024 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** MARKETING ALLIANCE SAMPLES, INC.
- **Location:** 400 Cross Plains Blvd, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30720
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 29, 2024, an employee was cutting small swatches of engineered flooring with a chop saw. The employee raised the handle of the saw and realized that there was a piece of material stuck in the saw. As he was removing it, the sawblade amputated his left index fingertip.

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