Incident date: 2021-02-17
NAICS industry code: 311412

At about 4:30 a.m. on February 17, 2021, an employee was cleaning underneath a running conveyor. The employee's right glove was pulled into the conveyor as the employee was cleaning flour from the surface of the conveyor, causing the right hand and forearm to become caught between the conveyor and the surface underneath. The employee suffered a broken wrist/forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate