Incident date: 2017-09-21
NAICS industry code: 561990

An employee climbed into the shred trailer of a truck to clean out the shred portion when his arm was caught in the truck's conveyor belt, fracturing his arm and causing skin and tissue damage. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate