Thursday 28th March 2024

A Zearing man is recovering after undergoing three surgeries after his foot became tangled in a conveyor belt that was removing grain from a bin.

19-year oild Ross Barker was injured in the accident on a farm near Zearing on Friday.

The Ames Tribune reports Barker had stepped out to open all the doors where the conveyor belt that takes the grain out of the bin is, and he came back into the door, where there are holes, and he stepped into one of those holes,” His mother, Jodi Barker, said He didn’t notice it was there and his foot got tangled up in the belt.

Because of the severity of the injury, Barker’s foot had to be amputated.

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