Incident date: 2024-02-21
NAICS industry code: 562910

An employee was pumping out a grease trap at a customer location and got their right hand and arm caught in the power take-off (PTO) drive shaft under the truck. The employee sustained an amputation of their lower right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: high