# Amputations involving bone loss at Poscam Framer
> OSHA SIR `2025076558` · 7/8/2025 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Saws  except chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Poscam Framer
- **Location:** 199 North Pollard St, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35801
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a saw to cut a bathroom block when the saw kicked back. The employee's thumb was amputated.

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