Incident date: 2019-09-19
NAICS industry code: 212313

An employee climbed onto a collector conveyor belt to pry a large rock out from under a feeder grate. The plant was started and the employee was pulled down onto the conveyor under another feeder conveyor. He fell clear after about four seconds of the belt moving under him, having suffered several broken ribs and an internal injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate