Incident date: 2020-11-23
NAICS industry code: 327320

An employee was standing on a platform washing the outside of the rear of his ready-mix truck. A fin in the slowly turning mixer drum caught the sleeve of his coat and twisted his right arm. He suffered a broken wrist and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate