# Amputations involving bone loss at Leware Construction Company of Florida, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024010483` · 1/17/2024 · ELLENTON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Leware Construction Company of Florida, Inc
- **Location:** I75 highway over Manatee River, FL, ELLENTON, FLORIDA, 34222
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with replacing a cable on a boom hoist. He was working near a bridle, to assist the cable through the horizontal sheaves, when his gloved left little finger was caught between the cable and a vertical sheave, resulting in amputation.

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