Incident date: 2021-08-02
NAICS industry code: 561910

At about 2:00 p.m. on August 2, 2021, an employee was making batches of popcorn when the kernel dispensing tube cap came off. The employee was putting a lid/cap on the tube system when the auger (spiral rod) grabbed his lab coat and pulled him in. The auger penetrated the employee's chest and exited his back. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate