Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123413.015 - Employee amputates lower leg after stepping into auger

Accident Summary Nr: 123413.015 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 01/23/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1458123.015	01/24/2020		493130	Planter'S Grain Cooperative Of Odem, Texas

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on January 23, 2020, an employee was clearing a path in a milo to get to the motor of the sweep auger in order to prepare to start the sweep auger for cleaning out the bin. The employee inadvertently stepped into a bottom door sub-floor opening of the running auger. The opening was not protected by a grate and the employee amputated his lower leg, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Catch Point, Cut, Electric Motor, Engineering Controls, Floor Opening, Foot, Guard, Insufficient Supervision, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Leg, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Maintenance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Shear, Supervision, Unguarded, Unstable Position, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1458123.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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