Incident date: 2017-12-15
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was cleaning grease from a stationary roller conveyor when the employee's right hand was caught in an adjacent belt conveyor, requiring surgery. The conveyor was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate