Incident date: 2018-10-24
NAICS industry code: 424910

A temporary employee was in a flat grain storage bin using a sweep auger for cleaning when the employee stepped into the floor auger discharge hole, severing the right lower leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-screw, auger
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high