# Amputations involving bone loss at Shaw Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025032797` · 3/25/2025 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Shaw Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 715 S Glenwood Ave, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 25, 2025, at approximately 12:45 PM, an employee was operating a miter saw to cut wood flooring samples. The workpiece shifted, pulling the employee's left hand into the saw blade and resulting in the amputation of the distal phalanx of the middle finger.

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