Amputations

Name: Amputations at American Crystal Sugar Company
Start: 8/26/2022

1 amputation · 2022087615 · 8/26/2022 · American Crystal Sugar Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
Source: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
Secondary source: Chutes

Employer

Name: American Crystal Sugar Company
Location: Old Highway 44 North, DRAYTON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58225
NAICS: 311313
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a clogged sugar chute, containing rare earth magnets inset into an aluminum bar to catch any metal in the sugar. The employee loosened the middle of three magnets and it was attracted to the outside magnet, crushing the tip of his right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown