Incident date: 2022-03-14
NAICS industry code: 327215

An employee was trying to retrieve a magnet from inside a powered conveyor. The conveyor arm dropped down and crushed the employee's right arm against the conveyor's frame. The employee suffered a torn artery and muscles in the arm and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. The machine was not locked out/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-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc.
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate