# Amputations at Clearwater Seed, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2018065743` · 6/12/2018 · CULDESAC, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** Clearwater Seed, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 27999 S Mainstreet, CULDESAC, IDAHO, 83524
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shoveling pellets into a silo toward the auger. Pellets shifted under the employee when the auger was turned on. The employee's right foot was caught in the auger resulting in amputation of the lower leg.

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