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U.S. Sugar Co., LLC

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — BUFFALO, NEW YORK

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at U.S. Sugar Co., LLC in BUFFALO, NEW YORK
Employer U.S. Sugar Co., LLC Report ID 2025010669
Address 692 Bailey Avenue City, State ZIP BUFFALO, NEW YORK 14206
Event Date January 21, 2025 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Body Part Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Event Type Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source of Injury Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary Source Drives, belts, chains
Industry (NAICS) 311314 Inspection # 1799397
GPS Coordinates 42.87000, -78.81000

Incident 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.

Incident Summary

On January 21, 2025, a worker at U.S. Sugar Co., LLC in BUFFALO, NEW YORK suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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