BRIGHTON, COLORADO—
The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC
Entangled in other object or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC, 701 N. MAIN ST., BRIGHTON, COLORADO 80601 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a steel rod to break up sugar lumps in a silo when the rod was pulled in by the silo's screw conveyor and the employee's right hand was caught in the rod handle, amputating the right pinky, ring, and middle fingers.
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PAUL, IDAHO—
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An employee was hospitalized for surgery after sustaining a crushing injury when their hand was drawn into a conveyor belt.
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An employee was crushed between two sections of corrugated pipes being pushed by a loader, suffering a cracked pelvis, bruised spleen, and broken tailbone.
TWIN FALLS, IDAHO—
The Amalgamated Sugar Company, LLC
An employee was attempting to change a blade on a knife straightener when the blade amputated half of the first digit on the employee's right hand. The knife straightener was operating at the time of the incident.
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