# Amputations at Nova Coil, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010295` · 1/10/2019 · FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nova Coil, Inc.
- **Location:** 5401 W Franklin Dr,, FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN, 53132
- **NAICS:** 334416
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee cycled a saw/weld machine using the two-handed control. The machine did not immediately cycle so the employee attempted to pull the workpiece out. The machine then cycled and amputated the first digit of the employee's left index finger.

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