Incident date: 2021-05-10
NAICS industry code: 321214

An employee was working to free a truss on the exterior of a building that was hung under one of the rollers of the finish conveyor. The finish roller conveyor was put into reverse and the truss moved backward causing the employee's leg to get caught between the truss and rollers. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Conveyors-live roller
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate