Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Total Grain Marketing, LLC, 3515 N Staley Rd, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS 61822
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the forearm(s).
Final narrative
On November 1, 2023, four employees had just adjusted a conveyor belt from the top of a grain bin. The conveyor belt was then energized and caught an employee's right arm/hand and caused a fractured/dislocated right ulna, tears to tendons in the forearm, and required a skin graft.
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More severe injuries at Total Grain Marketing, LLC
On October 5, 2024, a crew was staging the last string of railcars to be loaded when the injured employee stepped forward and tripped on a railroad tie, causing his right foot to be on the rail. A staged railcar rolled forward and caught his foot between the wheel and the rail. The employee was hospitalized for amputations to toes.
On April 12, 2023, an employee was pulling a stack of metal connecting sheets off the forks of a skid steer and stacking them on a trailer. After pulling a stack of 6-7 sheets off, the sheets shifted and the metal edge went into the employee's left middle finger, resulting in an amputation above the top knuckle.
On July 1, 2020, an employee was sweeping soy beans and cleaning up the flat storage facility when the employee slipped on spilled beans and fell to the concrete floor. The employee suffered a hip fracture, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 493130)
An employee was helping clean the bag house. He checked under the auger in the dust collection system to feel for airflow. His right hand was sucked up into the auger blade, resulting in amputation of the middle finger to the distal joint. Surgery was required to amputate to the finger to the second knuckle.
On August 22, 2025, an employee was working to remove a blockage of grain from a spout in the basement. The gate was manually closed from the floor above to stop the flow of grain to the leg. The gate closed down on the employee, causing the amputation of their left middle fingertip.
An employee was walking with a pole hand tool when he slipped on fertilizer product that was on the floor and fell backward. The employee sustained fractured ribs and a collapsed right lung.
On June 22, 2025, at approximately 4:30 PM, an employee was working in a field with knife-style anhydrous applicator equipment used to fertilize corn. The employee inhaled anhydrous ammonia. The employee had difficulty breathing and speaking. They were hospitalized with a respiratory tract injury/irritation.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.