Incident date: 2021-10-06
NAICS industry code: 315991

An employee was trying to unjam a press machine when his left glove became caught in the machine. The employee used his right hand to pull his left hand out, and both of his arms were caught in the machine resulting in amputation of both hands.

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