Incident date: 2019-11-03
NAICS industry code: 112112

An employee was working on the top floor of the mill attempting to unplug a cyclone, when he lost balance and fell into the open hatch of the auger. The auger rotated and amputated the employee's lower left leg. At the hospital, the employee's leg above the knee was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Feed grinders, crushers, mixers-agricultural
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: high