# Amputations at Goldens Foundry and Machine Company
> OSHA SIR `2017032309` · 3/13/2017 · COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Goldens Foundry and Machine Company
- **Location:** 600 12th Street, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, 31902
- **NAICS:** 331410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a grill component with a lift. When the lift released, the component fell onto his right index finger amputating the fingertip.

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