Incident date: 2023-12-15
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was climbing a catwalk over a buck saw conveyor to check for a hydraulic leak on a pin stop. Their right leg got caught in the conveyor machinery, resulting in a leg amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: high