Incident date: 2024-07-23
NAICS industry code: 423930

On July 23, 2024, around 12:00 PM, an employee was on a ladder trying to remove a jam from the rolling blades on a machine. The employee fell off the ladder and their left foot was wedged in the rolling blades resulting in amputation of the middle toe. The blades were not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high