# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Planters Grain Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2024010952` · 1/31/2024 · TAFT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  unspecified
- **Source:** Silo, grain bin or elevator interiors
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** Planters Grain Cooperative
- **Location:** 781 HWY 181, TAFT, TEXAS, 78390
- **NAICS:** 493130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a grain bin. His left foot slipped into an open auger gate and was severely lacerated by the auger.

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