Incident date: 2025-02-13
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was brushing salt off of a salt box on a truck when the sleeve of his jacket got caught in the auger, causing his right arm to be pulled into the auger. The employee suffered lacerations and fractures to his right arm that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate