Incident date: 2022-03-13
NAICS industry code: 325320

An employee was trying to unclog an auger when the auger shaft caught his jacket and pulled in his right arm. The jacket wrapped around the shaft and caused severe damage to the employee's right arm. The employee was hospitalized, and the arm was medically amputated between the elbow and the shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Agricultural and garden machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: high