Incident date: 2024-12-11
NAICS industry code: 311423

An employee was crossing under a conveyor to get to the other side when his jacket sleeve was caught in the conveyor. The employee's right hand and arm were pulled into the machine and he sustained severe lacerations that resulted in surgical amputation of the lower right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Conveyors  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: high