Incident date: 2019-05-22
NAICS industry code: 327320

An employee was standing on top of a conveyor belt that feeds the main bowl in the concrete plant trying to adjust the pulley. He was trying to loosen clamps or bolts when the belt started and the employee's right leg was caught in the belt opening resulting in amputation of the employee's right foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: high