# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Libertas Copper, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241110887` · 11/22/2024 · LEETSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** Libertas Copper, LLC
- **Location:** 100 Washington Street, LEETSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15056
- **NAICS:** 331420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a copper sample into the pneumatic grips of the lab equipment when his right thumb was caught in the upper grip, resulting in a partial amputation.

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