Incident date: 2024-03-26
NAICS industry code: 311999

On March 26, 2024, at 8:04 a.m., a temporary employee was retrieving a grapefruit that became lodged between two belt conveyors when her forearm was pulled in between the opening of the two conveyors. This resulted in a fractured wrist and fractured fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate