Incident date: 2023-12-07
NAICS industry code: 311411

During a sanitation training event, an employee lost his balance. As he was catching himself, his hand contacted an auger and he suffered a broken arm. The guard for the auger had been removed at the time so the employee could demonstrate how to clean it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Special process machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate