Incident date: 2018-03-23
NAICS industry code: 311212

An employee was cleaning at the exterior rice bins when the employee attempted to clean a drag conveyor. The employee's left hand was in the conveyor when it started, breaking the employee's left hand and forearm. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. The conveyor was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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