Incident date: 2022-03-23
NAICS industry code: 541330

A crew was drilling to take soil samples using a truck-mounted auger. An employee, working for Braun Intertec, was pulled into the auger and suffered multiple fractures to both arms, the left shoulder, and the collarbone. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Drilling machines, drilling augers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
severity: moderate