Incident date: 2016-02-14
NAICS industry code: 325510

On February 14, 2016, an employee was scrapping down the sides of a 56 gallon mixing tank with a wooden paint stick. His shirt got tangled with the rotating mixer shaft and the employee was pulled against the tank. The employee suffered a punctured lung, cracked ribs and lacerations to his right side, forearm and forehead.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Paint mixing machinery
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate