# Amputations at Franklin Coropration
> OSHA SIR `2017109696` · 10/9/2017 · HOUSTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Franklin Coropration
- **Location:** 600 Franklin Drive, HOUSTON, MISSISSIPPI, 38851
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a fiber filler machine when the machine's metal plate amputated the employee's left index finger. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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