In many applications, concrete contractors have managed to replace the more expensive and hard-to-transport drum mixer and the smaller volume alternative of a paddle mixer with the Maddog.

There’s the mobility of the drill and paddle—made even more convenient with modern cordless battery-powered tools. And, of course, the ever-familiar standard barrel or mortar mixer with a ribbon.

A manufacturer and its director have been fined after an employee's arms became trapped in a cement ... from the mixing pan, but as he did, his arms came into contact with the mixing paddles.