# Amputations at Global Brass and Copper LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016087995` · 8/25/2016 · EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Global Brass and Copper LLC
- **Location:** 305 Lewis and Clark Blvd, EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS, 62024
- **NAICS:** 331423
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's foot was caught in a pinch point between the shell of the melting furnace and the casting floor mezzanine while attempting to unlatch a hook related to the safety bin chute. Three toes on the employee's left foot were amputated.

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