Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130064.015 - Employee amputates leg below knee when struck by grain bin a

Accident Summary Nr: 130064.015 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 10/01/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1495898.015	10/06/2020		424910	Ottawa Cooperative Association

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on October 1, 2020, an employee was working for a farm merchant wholesaler and was inside a grain bin. The bin auger and sweeper energized at the time. While in the bin, the employee contacted the auger with his right leg. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to his leg below the knee.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Contact, Energized, Grain Bin, Instantaneous amputation, Knee, Leg, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Struck By, Sweeper, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1495898.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury

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