Incident date: 2022-11-04
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was clearing a jam in a mulch chute on a grinder machine when the interlock fan turned on and the employee was struck by a fan blade. The employee sustained an arm laceration and fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate