Incident date: 2016-01-14
NAICS industry code: 532412

An employee was attempting to remove mud from an idler roller on a conveyor when his right arm was caught in the drive pulley, amputating it. The conveyor was running at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high