Incident date: 2024-08-16
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was injured when they were power washing under a dump conveyor and got caught between the dump conveyor and frame. The conveyor dropped while the employee was positioned underneath the conveyor and above the support frame. They sustained a crush injury to their trunk, consisting of injuries to multiple body parts.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors  unspecified
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate