Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at American Sugar Refining, Inc.
Start: 8/20/2025

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025088281 · 8/20/2025 · American Sugar Refining, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
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.

Source

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