ATLANTA, GEORGIA—
Castellucci Hospitality Group
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee took dough out of a mixer. While cleaning inside the mixer, he bumped his shoulder on part of the broken safety mechanism. The machine started rotating and he was caught between the two prongs and the mixing bowl. The employee's left arm and wrist were fractured.
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