Incident date: 2023-09-21
NAICS industry code: 321918

On September 21, 2023, an employee was verifying a jam in an auger while standing on a ladder when his hand was caught in the auger. The employee suffered a hand injury and amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: high