Incident date: 2024-08-09
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was performing a cleanliness inspection of a dewatering conveyor and removing lettuce from a powered conveyor belt. The employee's left arm was caught in the rotating sprocket propelling the conveyor belt. The employee sustained a crush injury with bruising and a laceration to their left forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Multiple surface and flesh wounds
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate