Incident date: 2025-03-28
NAICS industry code: 311919

An employee went to clean out a back-up of potatoes on a potato recycling conveyor and inspect the line to see what was causing the issue. When removing potatoes that had become lodged in the sprocket end, their right arm was caught in the sprocket, causing a fracture of the distal radial shaft of their forearm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate