Incident date: 2019-07-21
NAICS industry code: 336111

An employee was troubleshooting a limit switch on a conveyor when he dropped his wrench. The wrench hit the limit switch and caused the conveyor to move forward. The hanger on the conveyor caught his hand and he sustained a severe laceration to the right hand.

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