# Amputations at Ceramic Technics, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018054516` · 5/9/2018 · ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ceramic Technics, LLC
- **Location:** 1298 Old Alpharetta Rd., ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA, 30005
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of wood when the blade amputated the employee's left index fingertip. The saw was unguarded at the time.

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