United States Sugar Savannah Refinery, LLC
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — 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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