Incident date: 2024-05-14
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was in a scissor lift about 20 feet high to remove a roller from a roller conveyor. The belt conveyor was located about two feet above the roller conveyor. The employee was pulled into a metal horizontal support bar and caught in the belt conveyor. He sustained a laceration to his right wrist and arm and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate