Incident date: 2018-03-19
NAICS industry code: 339931

An employee was attempting to clear a jam in a 2,000-pound polyester fluff separating drum when the employee's left arm became entangled in the drum's spikes. The employee's entire left arm was amputated. The drum was moving at the time of the incident.

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: Arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: high