Incident date: 2016-11-04
NAICS industry code: 424510

On Friday November 4, 2016, at approximately 8:00 a.m., an employee was loading corn onto a running conveyor while a trailer was dumping corn nearby. The employee's right arm was caught on and amputated by the rotating power-take-off shaft of the auger, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Conveyors-screw, auger
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: high