Incident date: 2019-11-27
NAICS industry code: 336310

An employee was changing a filter roll in a filter system using a broomstick. The employee's right arm was caught between the conveyor belt and the platen. The employee sustained an 8" laceration and two broken bones to the right arm, resulting in medical amputation above the elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: high