Incident date: 2021-12-18
NAICS industry code: 111421

An employee was moving pots from one conveyor belt to another over a gap created by a return auger. The employee's sweater became entangled within the  horizontal auger conveyor and pulled her left hand and arm into the machine. Her arm was amputated above the elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Conveyors-screw, auger
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: high