# Amputations at Brost Foundry
> OSHA SIR `2021043118` · 4/14/2021 · MANSFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Brost Foundry
- **Location:** 198 Wayne Street, MANSFIELD, OHIO, 44902
- **NAICS:** 331529
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 14, 2021, at 7:30 AM, an employee was throwing a 78-pound casting into a wire basket when the flashing on the casting caught their leather glove and pinched their right middle finger between the two castings, resulting in an amputation.

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