United States Sugar Savannah Refinery, LLC

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at United States Sugar Savannah Refinery, LLC in SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
Employer United States Sugar Savannah Refinery, LLC Report ID 2025043935
Address 201 Oxnard Drive City, State ZIP SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31407
Event Date April 28, 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 Stacking machinery
Secondary Source Combustion engine blocks, cylinders, pistons
Industry (NAICS) 311314 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 32.14000, -81.15000

Incident Narrative

While explaining to a co-worker how to install a new gate on the palletizer machine, an employee's left thumb tip was amputated by the machine's piston.

Incident Summary

On April 28, 2025, a worker at United States Sugar Savannah Refinery, LLC in SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 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 stacking machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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