Incident date: 2015-08-20
NAICS industry code: 332116

An employee entered the blast booth service room to investigate why media was not flowing. His leg was amputated when he stepped into a floor auger. The cover guarding the auger was removed at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: high