# Amputations at Littlejohn Grain, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076187` · 7/12/2023 · WESTFIELD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Littlejohn Grain, Inc.
- **Location:** 620 East State Street, WESTFIELD, ILLINOIS, 62474
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading corn into a semi-truck from a grain bin when their leg became caught in the screw auger. The employee was hospitalized with fractures and the amputation of the right leg below the knee.

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