# Amputations involving bone loss at American Sugar Refining, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025088281` · 8/20/2025 · ARABI, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
- **Secondary source:** Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** American Sugar Refining, Inc.
- **Location:** 7417 N Peters, ARABI, LOUISIANA, 70032
- **NAICS:** 311314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a motorized chain hoist to lift a pump weighing 600 to 700 pounds onto a working table. The hoist, which weighed approximately 100 pounds, fell from an overhead crane onto the employee s fingers, resulting in a finger amputation.

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