# Amputations involving bone loss at Wingfoot Enterprises Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043538` · 4/16/2025 · VINTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **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:** Wingfoot Enterprises Inc.
- **Location:** 251 Valley Chili Rd, VINTON, TEXAS, 79821
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was stacking sawdust bags. A mechanical jam occurred in the auger system used to move the sawdust material. The employee climbed a ladder to access the rooftop of the facility where the auger is located. While clearing the jam, the auger engaged and caught the employee's left arm, resulting in a traumatic amputation  at the shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.

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