Incident date: 2015-10-01
NAICS industry code: 331513

A maintenance employee was trying to reset the limit switch on an overhead crane after the operator tripped it. The employee was working near moving gears that caught his pant leg and pulled his leg in. His leg was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: high