Incident date: 2024-04-26
NAICS industry code: 424510

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.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Silo, grain bin or elevator interiors
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high