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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2025010669 · 1/21/2025 · U.S. Sugar Co., LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source
Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name
U.S. Sugar Co., LLC
Location
692 Bailey Avenue, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14206
NAICS
311314
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning and vacuuming a packaging machine when their finger was caught in a chain gear, resulting in amputation of the left little fingertip. The machine was running at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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