Incident date: 2018-11-06
NAICS industry code: 424510

A bolt sheared in the middle of a 3-ton feed mixer. An employee was attempting to align the hole with a punch while another employee hit the switch on and off.  This on/off action pulled the first employee down into the feed mixer. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right shoulder and arm, fractures on the right side of the face, and head lacerations on the right side that required stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Feed grinders, crushers, mixers-agricultural
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate