Incident date: 2016-06-20
NAICS industry code: 331316

An employee was attempting to adjust the billet loading sensors when the billet loader actuated forward approximately 5 feet, catching the employee between the billet loader and the extrusion press. The loader struck the employee in his lower left leg, resulting in an amputation to his left leg below the knee area.

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