Incident date: 2017-10-31
NAICS industry code: 541710

On October 31, 2017, an employee was attempting to clear corn stalks from a combine because the retrofitted blower was not working correctly. The employee's right hand was inside the combine when the still-rotating chopper blades amputated it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Combines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), n.e.c.
severity: high