Incident date: 2017-10-14
NAICS industry code: 721110

An employee was working in the laundry room when he heard a noise from a washing machine. He opened the running washer and his arm may have became wrapped in a sheet and rotated. His arm was badly broken, resulting in an amputation below the elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Clothes washers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: high