Amputations

Name: Amputations at U.S. SUGAR CORP.
Start: 2/16/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023021520 · 2/16/2023 · U.S. SUGAR CORP.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source: Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: U.S. SUGAR CORP.
Location: Section 20, Knight Managment Farm, 1.2 miles south of CR 880 Browns Farm Road TECH OPS, BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA, 33430
NAICS: 311312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting the flat scratcher of a sweep cultivator when the metal tube of the scratcher slid down and caught the tip of the employee's left thumb between the pipe and C-clamp. The employee sustained a left thumb tip amputation.

Source

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