Incident date: 2023-09-27
NAICS industry code: 561320

On September 27, 2023,  a temporary employee was realigning a conveyor belt when their coat sleeve was caught in the conveyor rollers. Their left hand and wrist were pulled over the rollers, resulting in a right forearm fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

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