Incident date: 2017-07-25
NAICS industry code: 327310

An employee was bagging cement and sending the bags via conveyor to a robot. A rock fell onto the conveyor. The employee attempted to remove the rock and an arm was caught by the robot. Both bones in the employee's left forearm were fractured requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate