Incident date: 2017-10-17
NAICS industry code: 112340

An employee was repairing a top conveyor belt when he dropped a tool and his sleeve was caught by the lower belt roller, pulling his arm backward toward the belt. He suffered an elbow dislocation and fractured ulna. The lower belt was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Elbow(s) and arms(s)
severity: moderate