Incident date: 2020-02-01
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was cleaning a loading belt in a lettuce processing area. A piece of lettuce fell between the belt rollers, and as he was catching it the rollers caught the glove on his left hand. He suffered fractures to the fingers, as well as his left arm.

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