Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at PRAIRIE CREEK GRAIN COMPANY, INC.
Start: 6/15/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021064848 · 6/15/2021 · PRAIRIE CREEK GRAIN COMPANY, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: PRAIRIE CREEK GRAIN COMPANY, INC.
Location: 503 E Ohio Street, MOMENCE, ILLINOIS, 60954
NAICS: 424510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were trying to unload a grain bin. The unload holes were plugged up, so they cut a hole in the side to drain the bin. One of the employees stepped on a nearby U-trough auger and his left foot went through a part of the auger. The auger caught and lacerated his foot.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown