Incident date: 2018-08-27
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was using a hook to unjam the discharge auger of a meat blender. The auger actuated, pinning his right hand in the discharge chute and impaling it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Meat grinders
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate