Incident date: 2020-08-06
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee entered a hopper with an auger in the floor to tighten screws on the inside of the hopper. While in the hopper, the auger turned on and caught the employee's feet. The employee was hospitalized for right foot fractures.

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: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate