# Amputations at Franklin Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022076152` · 7/14/2022 · HOUSTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Buttock(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Franklin Corporation
- **Location:** 600 Franklin Drive, HOUSTON, MISSISSIPPI, 38851
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee sat on a foam block, located on a band saw's moving table, while adjusting the foam. The band saw blade lacerated part of the employee's left buttock and left calf.

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