Incident date: 2018-06-07
NAICS industry code: 327993

An employee was performing a shift clean-up on a blend line when his left arm was pulled into the blending rollers. The blend line was turned off, but the rollers were still rotating. The employee was admitted to the hospital with a left arm amputation below the elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: high