# Amputations involving bone loss at Black River Commodities, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024053923` · 5/6/2024 · POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and toe(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors screw, auger
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Black River Commodities, LLC
- **Location:** 910 Townsend Drive, POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS, 72455
- **NAICS:** 311212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a grain bin when his left foot was caught by the pull-off auger, resulting in the amputation of the foot.

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