# Amputations at Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191111450` · 11/3/2019 · DALHART, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Feed grinders, crushers, mixers-agricultural
## Employer
- **Name:** Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, LLC
- **Location:** 4301 FMR 297, DALHART, TEXAS, 79022
- **NAICS:** 112112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the top floor of the mill attempting to unplug a cyclone, when he lost balance and fell into the open hatch of the auger. The auger rotated and amputated the employee's lower left leg. At the hospital, the employee's leg above the knee was surgically amputated.

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