Incident date: 2016-09-16
NAICS industry code: 484110

On September 16, 2016, an employee was attempting to remove a rock from a running conveyor belt. When the employee attempted to retrieve the rock, the conveyor grabbed his glove and pulled his arm into the drive pulley assembly. His right arm was crushed and had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high