# Cuts, lacerations at Dalhart Cattle Feeders
> OSHA SIR `2019044077` · 4/22/2019 · DALHART, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dalhart Cattle Feeders
- **Location:** 2795 US Hwy 54, DALHART, TEXAS, 79022
- **NAICS:** 112112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on top of an auger cleaning the beater bars in the silage box. Two coworkers were outside of the box replacing a gearbox. After replacement, they tested the gearbox, which caused the auger to turn on and pull the injured employee's left leg into the auger. The employee suffered left leg lacerations.

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