Incident date: 2015-04-22
NAICS industry code: 321999

A temporary worker was attempting to clear a jam on a bark conveyor when his arm was caught by a spool on the machine. The worker suffered a broken arm and was hospitalized. Surgery was performed to treat the injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate