Incident date: 2015-09-07
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was cleaning an inclined conveyor that was approximately 9 to 10 feet off the ground.   The employee used a 10-foot A-frame fiberglass step ladder to access the working area. The employee's left hand got caught in the conveyor, resulting in a left wrist fracture. LO/TO was not performed at the time of the incident.

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