Incident date: 2025-07-30
NAICS industry code: 324122

An employee was replacing a pop-up roller between the drop plate table and the far stacker conveyor after clearing a jam. The pop-up roller became hung up on the frame of the roller flight conveyor. The employee s hand then became caught between the pop-up roller and the belts on the drop table. The employee sustained an avulsion to their right hand excluding the fingers. 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  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate