Incident date: 2022-08-15
NAICS industry code: 493130

At 9:45 a.m. on August 15, 2022, an employee was performing final cleanup in a grain bin containing soybeans when a paddle conveyor caught his right leg. He suffered an amputation to the leg below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high