Incident date: 2017-01-26
NAICS industry code: 311611

On January 26, 2017, at 3:00 PM, an employee was performing his rounds such as checking the hide conveyor for fats and paper towel build up to prevent a future problem. The conveyor was running and one of the hooks caught the employee's right arm tearing some of the muscle tissue from the arm. He was hospitalized where he had several surgeries due to E. Coli from the hide conveyor.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate