Incident date: 2021-12-14
NAICS industry code: 327992

On December 14, 2021, a temporary employee was outside loading ore from the train into the conveyor system. The employee entered a confined space to clean ore from the wheel of the conveyor belt system when their arm was pulled into the conveyor. The employee was hospitalized for right arm fractures, contusions, and facial lacerations.

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: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate