Incident date: 2021-05-12
NAICS industry code: 327121

An employee was cleaning dust off the photo eye of the dump hopper when it activated and caught  his left arm between the dump hopper and the frame of the machine. The employee sustained a left ulnar fracture, an elbow wound and traumatic muscle injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate