Incident date: 2019-11-04
NAICS industry code: 493130

An employee was cleaning cotton from around the area of a cotton gin and had accessed the box area. While cleaning, he was struck by the box as it rotated, suffering a broken left arm (radius) and dislocated left elbow. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Picking, carding, combing machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Elbow(s) and arms(s)
severity: moderate