Incident date: 2021-01-11
NAICS industry code: 321999

An employee was removing a jam from a pellet feed mill bin. The machine was activated while the employee was in the bin, and an auger and flail arm injured the employee's leg. The leg was medically amputated just below the hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: high