# Amputations involving bone loss at LIBERTY CASTING COMPANY, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024032556` · 3/21/2024 · DELAWARE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** LIBERTY CASTING COMPANY, LLC
- **Location:** 550 LIBERTY ROAD, DELAWARE, OHIO, 43015
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 21, 2024, employees were using an aerial lift and a rope to lift a bucket out of a sand elevator. The rope broke and the equipment fell onto an employee's left hand, crushing it and resulting in fractures and a middle finger amputation.

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