# Crushing injuries at Parma Post & Pole, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010568` · 1/18/2018 · PARMA, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Grates and drains in floor surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Parma Post & Pole, Inc.
- **Location:** 26920 Hwy 95, PARMA, IDAHO, 83660
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shoveling saw dust into an auger that leads to a dust collection system when the employee stepped on a grate covering the auger and the grate broke. The employee's right foot was then caught in the auger, crushing and lacerating it. The employee was hospitalized.

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