# Cuts, lacerations at Big V Feeds Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022043698` · 4/29/2022 · MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Big V Feeds Inc
- **Location:** 1621 East Electric Avenue, MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA, 74501
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hammering a grain bin to clean the insides of its walls. The employee was on an auger chute. The employee's foot slipped into an observation cover and the auger lacerated the employee's leg.

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