Incident date: 2024-12-18
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was unjamming an accumulation of rubber on a metal detector conveyor belt when his arm got caught between the roller and the conveyor, resulting in a laceration. The conveyor was in operation and there was no guarding in place at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate