# Amputations at Louisiana Rice Mill, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016098647` · 9/13/2016 · MERMENTAU, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** Louisiana Rice Mill, LLC
- **Location:** 102 South 13th Street, MERMENTAU, LOUISIANA, 70556
- **NAICS:** 311212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping sacks of rice back into the cutback system when stepped into a floor-mounted hopper and made contact with the auger system, amputating his left lower leg.

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