Incident date: 2016-09-14
NAICS industry code: 424510

An employee was feeling for a hole that needed to be patched on the outside of a corn leg's steel housing, which was leaking grain. The employee's left index finger entered the leg and was amputated above the first knuckle. The corn leg was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high