# Amputations at Cornejo and Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010580` · 1/18/2023 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Cornejo and Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** CDR - N Wichita Landfill 4250 W. 37th St., WICHITA, KANSAS, 67205
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working as the ground man while a loader was sorting landfill trash. A tooth on the loader's bucket struck his right quadriceps. He suffered a laceration to the thigh and his right leg was medically amputated.

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