# Amputations involving bone loss at Ratliff Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043853` · 4/24/2025 · LUMBERTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ratliff Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 9514 Ratliff Street, LUMBERTON, TEXAS, 77657
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hoisting a steel beam with a crane. The steel beam fell from the hoist and struck the employee. The employee sustained a broken/crushed leg, resulting in medical amputation of the leg.

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