# Amputations at Valley Coop Oil Mill
> OSHA SIR `20191010710` · 10/14/2019 · HARLINGEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** Valley Coop Oil Mill
- **Location:** 1901 N Expressway 77, HARLINGEN, TEXAS, 78552
- **NAICS:** 311223
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While working in a oil mill, an employee stepped on a screw conveyor belt cover. The cover shifted, causing the employee to fall into the conveyor belt and resulting in a left ankle amputation.

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