Incident date: 2015-10-30
NAICS industry code: 325211

On October 30, 2015 at approximately 7:45 PM, an employee was feeding material into the conveyor belt assembly that carries the material to the shredder. The shredder jammed. The employee's leg got caught in the shredder as he pushed material into the shredder. The shredder tore part of his  left lower calf and bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate