# Amputations at Planter's Grain Cooperative of Odem, Texas
> OSHA SIR `2020010734` · 1/23/2020 · TAFT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Planter's Grain Cooperative of Odem, Texas
- **Location:** 702 1/2 Hwy 181, TAFT, TEXAS, 78390
- **NAICS:** 493130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the bottom of a grain bin when he stepped on the door of the auger and it became displaced. He then fell into the auger, resulting in a severe laceration and amputation of the lower left leg.

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