Incident date: 2022-07-11
NAICS industry code: 324121

An employee working at the asphalt plant was standing on a conveyor belt trying to dislodge a clump of material. The conveyor started and the employee was pulled under a pulley resulting in a broken sternum, seven broken ribs, and injuries that required stitches to the neck and chin area.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate