# Amputations involving bone loss at Cajun Industries, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024076430` · 7/16/2024 · VILLE PLATTE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cajun Industries, LLC
- **Location:** 2066 Cabot Road, VILLE PLATTE, LOUISIANA, 70586
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a crane operator in lifting a 6-inch-diameter pipe over a 2-inch-diameter pipe when the load lowered, causing the employee's right ring finger to be pinched between the 6-inch pipe and a pipe rack. The employee suffered an amputation of the right ring finger from the nail bed to the tip.

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