# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at United States Sugar Savannah Refinery, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024087073` · 8/3/2024 · PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Cleaning handtools  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Sugar Savannah Refinery, LLC
- **Location:** 201 Oxnard Drive, PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA, 31407
- **NAICS:** 311314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was washing down a gate leading to a centrifuge machine when the wash rod made contact with a machine. The wash rod kicked back, striking the employee in the left chest area. The employee sustained fractured ribs and internal bruising.

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