Incident date: 2024-06-30
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was making a batch of popcorn. When attempting to clean the machine, her right arm was struck by the mixing/agitator blades of the popcorn tumbler. The employee sustained an open fracture to both bones in her right forearm. The machine was energized at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate