Incident date: 2016-03-01
NAICS industry code: 332994

On March 1, 2016, an employee was using an air hose to clean off a piece of machinery when he was caught in the spindle cutter. The spindle caught his gloved hand and pulled his left hand and arm into the moving parts of the cutter. His arm was amputated from the elbow down.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: high