# Fractures at Circle Three Feed Yards
> OSHA SIR `2025065160` · 6/1/2025 · HEREFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Grain, forage, feed processing and handling machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Circle Three Feed Yards
- **Location:** P.O. BOX 830, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
- **NAICS:** 112112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee transferred a supplement from one tank to another and then took a step backward to begin cleaning the receiving auger. His right foot broke through the grate above the auger and slipped between the slats and into the auger. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture to his lower right leg and required surgery.

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