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Viterra USA Grain, LLC

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations involving bone loss — CACTUS, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Viterra USA Grain, LLC in CACTUS, TEXAS
Employer Viterra USA Grain, LLC Report ID 2025010787
Address 11997 State Highway 287 City, State ZIP CACTUS, TEXAS 79013
Event Date January 24, 2025 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations involving bone loss Body Part Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Event Type Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source of Injury Grain, forage, feed processing and handling machinery unspecified
Secondary Source Rods, reinforcing bar (rebar) metal
Industry (NAICS) 424510 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 36.02000, -101.99000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using a metal rod that was approximately 1-2 feet long to poke upward toward the product and unplug a bin that was plugged. The gate under the bin is controlled by the neighboring facility, which closed the gate while the rod was still inside it. The rod was pushed against the employee's finger, trapping it against an adjacent wall and resulting in a partial amputation through the phalanx.

Incident Summary

On January 24, 2025, a worker at Viterra USA Grain, LLC in CACTUS, TEXAS suffered amputations involving bone loss to the other finger(s) n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with grain, forage, feed processing and handling machinery unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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