Incident date: 2021-11-10
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was cleaning an auger blade on a conveyor when the auger pulled the employee's arm into the machine and caused a partial arm amputation. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-screw, auger
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: high