# Amputations involving bone loss at Franklin Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024021057` · 2/3/2024 · HOUSTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Stationary saws  band
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Franklin Corporation
- **Location:** 600 Franklin Drive, HOUSTON, MISSISSIPPI, 38851
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting wood parts on a band saw. The saw cut her left index finger at the knuckle closest to the palm and the employee sustained an amputation to the left index finger.

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