Incident date: 2019-12-11
NAICS industry code: 424910

An employee was cleaning up mulch spillage around a screener (electric and hydraulic) when a piece of tarp was blown into the screener.  The screener operator stopped the screener and the employee attempted to remove the tarp piece. His left hand became wrapped up in the idler roller, resulting in fractures to the hand. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate