Incident date: 2015-09-03
NAICS industry code: 316110

While attempting to free a jammed leather piece from a mechanical press, an employee's left arm was crushed when the press activated. His arm was surgically amputated at the hospital.

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