Incident date: 2017-08-14
NAICS industry code: 331312

Two employees had shut down a can crusher because the auger was making a funny noise. The injured employee had climbed up to inspect the upper bearing and had set his right foot over to the baler to steady himself. The baler engaged and started down, and the bale ejector chain hook came down on his boot behind the steel toe. His right big toe was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Banding, baling, strapping machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high