Incident date: 2016-11-22
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was cleaning a rib cage when his arm became stuck in two rollers that are designed to crush chicken bones. His left arm broke in multiple places and had to be surgically amputated above the elbow. The crusher was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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