Incident date: 2017-01-06
NAICS industry code: 424590

An employee was cleaning a cotton bale press and was attempting to hit the stop button when his arm hit the ram-down button, causing the ram to come down and crush his right hand. His hand was amputated.

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