# Amputations at Lakeview Forge Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171110944` · 11/14/2017 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Stone, marble, granite slabs
## Employer
- **Name:** Lakeview Forge Company, LLC
- **Location:** 1725 Pittsburgh Avenue, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16505
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disassembling a machine to take it out of service and dispose of it. A slab of granite was on top of part of the machine's steel frame. The employee was attempting to remove the slab of granite when it slipped out of his hands and pinched his left hand between it and the steel frame. His left pinky fingertip was amputated.

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