Incident date: 2025-03-05
NAICS industry code: 325991

On March 3, 2025, two employees were working on a blender. The injured employee was removing contaminated pellets from the blender. Another employee went to elevate a tilter that was feeding the blender when the blender auger activated and crushed the injured employee's left leg. The employee's leg was medically amputated 4" - 6" below the knee. The machine was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high