# Amputations involving bone loss at American Heavy Plates
> OSHA SIR `2024076515` · 7/17/2024 · CLARINGTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Panels, sheets, plates  metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Heavy Plates
- **Location:** 42722 State Route 7, CLARINGTON, OHIO, 43915
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were rotating a steel plate weighing 17,558 pounds that was suspended from a crane. The safety chain spun around the crane and broke which unhooked the electrical cord and deenergized the magnet. The plate fell off the crane and onto the employee's foot causing a foot amputation. The employee then fell backward and broke his wrist.

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