# Amputations at Columbus Castings
> OSHA SIR `2015107318` · 10/1/2015 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Columbus Castings
- **Location:** 2211 Parsons Avenue, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43207
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was trying to reset the limit switch on an overhead crane after the operator tripped it. The employee was working near moving gears that caught his pant leg and pulled his leg in. His leg was partially amputated.

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