# Amputations at U.S. SUGAR CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2023021520` · 2/16/2023 · BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. SUGAR CORP.
- **Location:** Section 20, Knight Managment Farm, 1.2 miles south of CR 880 Browns Farm Road TECH OPS, BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA, 33430
- **NAICS:** 311312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the flat scratcher of a sweep cultivator when the metal tube of the scratcher slid down and caught the tip of the employee's left thumb between the pipe and C-clamp. The employee sustained a left thumb tip amputation.

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