Incident date: 2017-09-17
NAICS industry code: 311942

An employee was manually putting product into the emulsifying machine. The plastic scraper fell inside the unguarded point of operation and the employee tried to retrieve it. The auger located at the point of operation caused multiple injuries to the employee's right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate