Incident date: 2024-02-10
NAICS industry code: 541690

The injured employee was moving a unit down a conveyor line to begin work at his work station. The unit became stuck on the rotating conveyor in front of the work station. To dislodge the unit, two other employee began to push and pry the unit forward. The conveyor rotated to be perpendicular with the work station. Once the conveyor was turned, the unit moved toward the injured employee and pinned them against their workstation, resulting in a punctured abdomen and liver hematoma that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
code_source: title: Conveyors  unspecified
code_nature: title: Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Abdomen  unspecified
severity: moderate