Incident date: 2021-11-18
NAICS industry code: 327124

An employee was loading brick into a brick crushing machine. The machine rollers caught the employee's left hand and pulled in his left arm. The arm was amputated. A safety limit switch on the machine was not in operation at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: high