# Fractures at National Water Main Cleaning Co. , Loxahatchee Groves, FL
> OSHA SIR `2024076423` · 7/16/2024 · SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Agitators, mixers earth, mineral
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** National Water Main Cleaning Co. , Loxahatchee Groves, FL
- **Location:** 1898 Lansing St., SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, 33703
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing concrete from a mixer when their foot became caught in the auger of the concrete hopper. The employee sustained an open fracture of their right foot.

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