Abstract: At approximately 6:00 p.m. on January 12, 2006, Employee #1 was working with a coworker bagging lime, when another worker stated that the lime was "raining down" on them. Employee #1 suspected that the leak was coming from a tear in the belt lacing. After climbing up to the top of the platform, he said that the whole area between the conveyor belts was filled with lime and that it was falling down between the two hoppers and onto the employees below. Employee #1 took his left hand and raked lime from between the conveyor belt, while it was still operating. Employee #1 could not see where the product was leaking from the conveyor, because it was dark and the pelletized limestone dust was suspended in the air. However, he stated that he was aware that the head pulley was not effectively guarded, but he thought that he could reach between the belts without getting into the head pulley. Employee #1 proceeded to reach his right hand 10-inch. to 12-inch. between the conveyor belts to try to feel where the limestone was leaking from in the head pulley area. The conveyor belt and head pulley were located 41 inches above the platform and 19.5 inches above the platform guard rail. He stuck his arm into the unguarded, horizontal, flat conveyor belt, which measured 16.5 inches wide. The 8-inch head pulley, with the conveyor shaft measuring 2.5 inches in diameter, was running at 400 revolutions per minute. As he reached in, something caught his sleeve and pulled his arm into the conveyor belt and head pulley, amputating it. He was hospitalized for his injuries.