# Amputations at Franklin Structures, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016043217` · 4/18/2016 · RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Franklin Structures, LLC
- **Location:** 10655 Highway 43, RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA, 35653
- **NAICS:** 321991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a chop saw to cut wood studs when the chop saw activated via the foot pedal, amputating the employee's left mid-forearm.

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