# Amputations at Rogers Foam Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016065255` · 6/14/2016 · SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Rogers Foam Corporation
- **Location:** 20 Vernon Street, SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02145
- **NAICS:** 326150
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a piece of foam in place to cut using a band saw when the saw blade amputated the employee's right ring finger.

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