Incident date: 2018-05-16
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was offloading sand at a dust collection unit that was clogged. The auger was not rotating, so employees struck it with a hammer. The employee's fingers were inside the housing unit of the auger when it inadvertently began to rotate, crushing his fingers. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate