Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PRAIRIE CREEK GRAIN COMPANY, INC., 503 E Ohio Street, MOMENCE, ILLINOIS 60954
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
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Final 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.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedAgricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
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