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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION

Contact with hot objects or substances · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION, 1731 SOUTH W.C. OWENS AVE., CLEWISTON, FLORIDA 33440 on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the ankle(s).

An employee was cleaning tandems with a hot water hose. While cleaning his left boot with the hot water, he sustained second and third degree burns on the left ankle.

Hospitalized Ankle(s) Water

United States Sugar Corporation

An employee was walking on an uneven surface in the field when they tripped and fell on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured knee.

United States Sugar Corporation

An employee was driving a tractor up a trailer ramp when the tractor started going backwards and rolled over. The employee was struck by the tractor and suffered a pelvic fracture.

UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION

An employee was removing bagasse from a machine. A pry bar pinched off the employee's right little fingertip.

UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION

An employee was changing a tire on a fuel trailer using a floor jack. When the employee lowered the trailer, his left hand was caught between the chassis and the tire resulting in fractures that required hospitalization.

UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION

As he was tightening a bolt on a piece of equipment, an employee's left hand was caught and fractured between a piece of metal slat and a sprocket.

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OQ Chemicals

An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.

Husbe Zoaq

An employee was straining hot water from a pot of rice when the water splashed onto them, resulting in burns to their chest, arms, shoulder, and back.

The Cumberland Rest Inc. dba Trinity Terrace

An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.

Mueller & Wilson Inc

An employee had turned off the ball valve on a waterpipe system and was removing the plug when the coupling system attached to the strainer came apart. Hot water sprayed on his arm and back, resulting in first- and second-degree burns that required surgery.

Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., LLC

An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.

Lafourche Sugar LLC

An employee was clearing a mud line on a clarifier used for sugarcane manufacturing. A valve was open and mud that was remaining in the line flowed onto the employee causing burns to his stomach and inner thigh area.

Martinez and Sons Trucking, LLC

An employee was removing boxes from a flatbed farm truck. The employee fell from the truck's bed to the ground and suffered a broken left knee.

United States Sugar Corporation

An employee was walking on an uneven surface in the field when they tripped and fell on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured knee.

OKEELANTA CORPORATION

An employee was crossing the street as a traffic spotter when they were struck by a moving truck, causing fractures to their face and neck.

Sugarland AG, LLC

An employee was driving a tractor pulling a sugarcane harvester on a flatbed trailer. While on the road, the harvester contacted an internet service line that was energized. The employee exited the tractor and climbed on the steps of the harvester to check for damage. The employee received an electrical shock causing him to fall from the steps of the harvester to the ground. The employee sustained electrical burns to the chest, back, and leg. He also sustained a laceration to the head and three broken ribs.

DRIFTWOOD NURSERY & LANDSCAPING, INC

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

Envelope Seal Insulation, Inc

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

Air-flo/Erwood Heating & Air Conditioning

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.