Incident date: 2018-06-18
NAICS industry code: 311613

An employee was cleaning a conveyor when he noticed raw meat on the underside of the conveyor roller. He was attempting to brush the meat off when the conveyor caught his glove and pulled his arm into the conveyor, causing a laceration, torn muscle, and broken bones in the arm and shoulder. The conveyor was not turned off or locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-live roller
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
severity: moderate