Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Sawgrass Sustainable
Start: 8/14/2025

1 amputation · 2025088061 · 8/14/2025 · Sawgrass Sustainable

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Toes(s), toenail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Conveyors unspecified
Secondary source: Shoes, socks, footwear

Employer

Name: Sawgrass Sustainable
Location: 132 Woods Cove Rd, SCOTTSBORO, ALABAMA, 35768
NAICS: 562219
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was training to use an industrial shredding machine. While he was dumping a box, the pulley on a conveyor caught the tongue of his right shoe and pulled his third toe into a pinch point between the conveyor belt and the pulley drive. The employee sustained an amputation to their toe.

Source

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