Incident date: 2022-09-07
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was clearing meat from a conveyor. The employee's glove caught a sprocket on the belt drive bar, causing the employee's left hand to be wrapped around the bar. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the forearm near the wrist.

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