# Amputations at Franklin Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20211110232` · 11/29/2021 · HOUSTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Franklin Corporation
- **Location:** 6090 Franklin Dr, HOUSTON, MISSISSIPPI, 38851
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a rivet machine. As the employee was removing a rivet stuck in the slot, the machine activated and smashed his left index finger. He suffered a partial amputation to the finger.

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