Incident date: 2019-08-15
NAICS industry code: 562920

An employee was cleaning an aspirator. He was caught by the rotating 12-inch screw auger at the bottom of the equipment, which severely lacerated his left leg. The leg was medically amputated just below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high