# Amputations at Franklin Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210741` · 12/15/2021 · RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Franklin Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 15825 Hwy 243, RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA, 35653
- **NAICS:** 333517
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing the pneumatic cylinder and gears in a centering device before installing the housing cover. The employee placed his hand on the assembly to steady it, and the cylinder severed the tip of his left fifth finger. The employee's finger was amputated at the distal joint.

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