Incident date: 2018-06-05
NAICS industry code: 424510

On June 5, 2018, at approximately 2:00 p.m., an employee slipped on soybeans while exiting a flat storage building and his left leg went into the running floor auger resulting in amputation of the left leg. The auger was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Conveyors-screw, auger
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: high