# Crushing injuries at Arcadia OSB Weyerhaeuser
> OSHA SIR `2023099018` · 9/29/2023 · SIMSBORO, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Arcadia OSB Weyerhaeuser
- **Location:** 130 Girl Scout Road, SIMSBORO, LOUISIANA, 71275
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chain hoist to lower a 300-pound feed roll into position when the chain failed, dropping the load on the employee's hand. The employee sustained a crush injury to the right middle finger that required surgery.

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