Incident date: 2018-05-10
NAICS industry code: 444110

An employee was operating a receiving conveyor line when it stopped. The employee removed a label that covered a photo eye and the conveyor started to run again. The employee's right hand was then caught between the conveyor belt and a roller, causing contusions, swelling, and skin removal.  The employee was hospitalized.

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