# Amputations involving bone loss at Hagerty Steel & Aluminum
> OSHA SIR `2024087761` · 8/22/2024 · EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
- **Source:** Cranes  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal building materials  unspecified form
## Employer
- **Name:** Hagerty Steel & Aluminum
- **Location:** 601 N Main Street, EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61611
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 22, 2024, an employee was operating a jib crane with a magnet attached and maneuvered it to pick up a 250-pound piece of plasma-cut steel. While moving the jib, the magnet caught another piece of steel and the employee's left index finger was crushed between the pieces of steel. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the finger with bone loss.

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