Incident date: 2018-02-07
NAICS industry code: 115111

An employee reached in behind the gin press to remove a knot that was causing the press to choke up and amputated the right forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Picking, carding, combing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: high