# Amputations involving bone loss at Miller-Bowie Supply Co.
> OSHA SIR `2025032617` · 3/19/2025 · TEXARKANA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors screw, auger
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller-Bowie Supply Co.
- **Location:** 1007 West 3rd Street, TEXARKANA, TEXAS, 75501
- **NAICS:** 444220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a railcar. When he opened an inspection door to check the grain auger, his foot slipped into the auger and his right leg was amputated below the knee.

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