Incident date: 2025-03-16
NAICS industry code: 713940

An employee opened up the bottom grate of the washing machine to adjust the microswitch drive on the unbalanced microswitch. Once they adjusted the rod on the microswitch, the washing machine started back up. The employee sustained a complete amputation of the left arm to the middle of the humerus and lacerations to the head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Clothes washers, dryers
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: high