# Amputations involving bone loss at BJB Farms
> OSHA SIR `2024021166` · 2/7/2024 · ETHEL, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and toe(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Silo, grain bin or elevator interiors
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** BJB Farms
- **Location:** 623 Belleview, ETHEL, ARKANSAS, 72048
- **NAICS:** 111998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside a grain bin sweeping rice into floor grates. The employee stepped out of the grain bin door to get a shovel. When he stepped back inside, his left foot slipped into an exposed auger opening. He was hospitalized and his left foot was amputated.

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