Incident date: 2019-06-08
NAICS industry code: 212399

An employee was cleaning out a rock dump with an air lance when the air lance became caught in the rock agitator, pulling the employee's hand into a moving part. The employee suffered a laceration and dislocation to the right index finger. The agitator chute was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate