Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Trinity Ag, LLC
Start: 4/26/2024

1 amputation · 2024043656 · 4/26/2024 · Trinity Ag, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact less than 6 feet
Source: Silo, grain bin or elevator interiors
Secondary source: Augers except conveyor

Employer

Name: Trinity Ag, LLC
Location: 205 North Railway Avenue, ATHOL, KANSAS, 66932
NAICS: 424510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning out the grain bin with a push broom and a scoop shovel from inside the bin. He stepped in a hole where his leg contacted a steel grain auger screw, resulting in an amputation to his right lower leg just above the ankle.

Source

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