Incident date: 2022-10-12
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was straddling a blender to clean it using a scrubber. The employee lost balance, fell into the blender and was caught by the augers. The injured employee suffered fractures to the skull, arms, and legs, lacerations to the head, neck, and body, and a dislocated shoulder. The right leg was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: high