Incident date: 2018-02-06
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee chipped concrete from inside a mixer. After re-energizing the mixer, the employee noticed that the chipping tool attached to the airline was still inside the mixer. When the employee attempted to retrieve the tool, the mixer paddle cut the employee and caused muscular damage. The mixer not locked/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate