Incident date: 2023-07-05
NAICS industry code: 321113

Two employees were clearing a log hang-up in a box chain conveyor in the log processing line. As they contacted the log, the chain began moving backward, causing their feet and legs to be pulled into a log stop bar. One employee sustained a leg fracture, the other employee sustained two lacerations to the bottom of the foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Log processing machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: low