Incident date: 2017-06-18
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was cleaning an assembly line and attempting to remove a piece of meat from a running conveyor belt when his left hand was caught between the chain and sprocket on the belt. He suffered several lacerations to his left hand and wrist. The conveyor was not locked out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate