Incident date: 2020-04-30
NAICS industry code: 326113

An employee was unchoking a friction washer system. He climbed on the floater table, which is 50 inches from the ground, and placed the lid back on the friction washer. As he was climbing back down, he slipped and his left leg fell into the auger, resulting in the amputation of the left leg above the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: high