Incident date: 2021-05-17
NAICS industry code: 453310

An employee was servicing a conveyor belt. After greasing the ports and gears, the employee restored energy to the machine. The employee's left hand was then caught between the bottom belt and the pressure roller. The employee suffered a fracture and a tendon injury to the left little finger and a forearm burn.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Fractures and burns
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate