Incident date: 2024-07-31
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was cleaning a butterfly valve on top of a sugar mixer when his right hand was crushed by the valve. The employee sustained fractures, tendon damage, and stitches to the palm on the right hand. The valve was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Mixers, blenders, whippers food and beverage
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate