# Amputations involving bone loss at Churchill Farm Partners
> OSHA SIR `2024043755` · 4/30/2024 · MOMENCE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  unspecified
- **Source:** Silos
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** Churchill Farm Partners
- **Location:** 4632 N 18000E Road, MOMENCE, ILLINOIS, 60954
- **NAICS:** 111199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a semi-trailer with corn. When climbing out of the silo, he slipped and fell onto the auger on the outside of the silo. His feet became entangled in the auger and were severed from the ankle down. A surgical amputation of both legs from the knees down was required.

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