# Amputations at American Crystal Sugar Company
> OSHA SIR `2022087615` · 8/26/2022 · DRAYTON, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Chutes
## Employer
- **Name:** American Crystal Sugar Company
- **Location:** Old Highway 44 North, DRAYTON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58225
- **NAICS:** 311313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a clogged sugar chute, containing rare earth magnets inset into an aluminum bar to catch any metal in the sugar. The employee loosened the middle of three magnets and it was attracted to the outside magnet, crushing the tip of his right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*