Incident date: 2024-07-27
NAICS industry code: 562920

The shredder machine jammed. An employee stopped the machine and locked it out. When the employee unjammed the blade using his foot, it rotated and the blade sliced the employee's left foot resulting in toe amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Trash compactors, shredders
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high