# Amputations involving bone loss at MOBRO Marine Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021608` · 2/21/2024 · GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten metal, slag
- **Secondary source:** Torches  welding, cutting
## Employer
- **Name:** MOBRO Marine Inc.
- **Location:** 606 Florida 16, GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, 32043
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was torching/welding (washing) a spudwell into the base of a barge that was in for repair. While torching (washing) the spudwell, a slag ember dropped inside the employee's protective leather leg sheathing. The employee suffered severe burns from the slag resulting in amputation of the right leg below the knee and multiple surgeries.

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