Incident date: 2019-08-07
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was using a hose to spray an overhead conveyor while on a six-foot extension ladder. The employee lost balance and their hand became caught in the running conveyor belt. The employee sustained three broken fingers and a partial degloving of the left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate