# Amputations at ELYRIA FOUNDRY COMPANY LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023031950` · 3/2/2023 · ELYRIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ELYRIA FOUNDRY COMPANY LLC
- **Location:** 120 FILBERT ST., ELYRIA, OHIO, 44036
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 2, 2023, an employee was using a hoist to lower a 700-pound casting onto a work surface. The employee's left hand was on the work surface when the casting lowered onto their thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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