# Amputations involving bone loss at Leviat
> OSHA SIR `20241211508` · 12/12/2024 · HAZLE TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Leviat
- **Location:** 565 Oak Ridge Road, HAZLE TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
- **NAICS:** 315280
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a resistance welder when their left thumb was caught between two electrodes, resulting in amputation.

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