Incident date: 2022-01-04
NAICS industry code: 311212

An employee was working from a ladder when they fell onto the lid of a running screw conveyor that was not bolted down. The lid was knocked out of the way as the employee fell onto the screw conveyor, causing the employee to contact the conveyor and resulting in a leg amputation below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high