OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221378227

SINCLAIR ELEVATOR INC.

PARKERSBURG, IA· 2021-07-30T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Amputated, Amputation, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Catch Point, Caught In, Chain, Conveyor, Crushed, Distracted, Drag Chain Conveyor, Energized, Farm, Farm Machinery, Foot, Grain, Grain Bin, Grain Elevator, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Laborer, Lack of Work Procedures, Leg, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Person, Running, Shear, Sheared, Slip, Slippery Surface, Surgical Amputation, Unguarded, Unsafe Position, Work Surface
NAICS: 493130
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345458392
Employer profile: SINCLAIR ELEVATOR INC.
Summary number: 221378227
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee mangles foot while cleaning grain bin, is later amp

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on July 30, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a farm the time the narrative was submitted, the employee remained at the hospital, where he was being treated and observed. On August 2, 2021, the employee was scheduled to have surgery to amputate his foot. products storage facility was working with two coworkers preparing to install an additional section to a sweep auger. The employee was using the unload drag conveyor to remove the grain from a steel corn bin before installation of the section. The employee was distracted before trying to grab a tool that was getting pulled into the drag. The employee fell causing his foot to slip into the unguarded sump drag chain in the moving drag conveyor. The employee was hospitalized to treat a mangled left foot and heel. Coworkers called 911 and first responders determined he needed to be flown to a nearby medical center. At

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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