# Amputations at The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018087921` · 8/3/2018 · BRIGHTON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC
- **Location:** 701 N. MAIN ST., BRIGHTON, COLORADO, 80601
- **NAICS:** 311314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## 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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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*