Incident date: 2022-04-13
NAICS industry code: 562920

On April 13, 2022, at around 1:00PM, an employee was on the incline feed belt of the conveyor sorting belt to remove a clog. The employee slipped when standing up and fell 16 feet to the concrete floor below, fracturing both wrists. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate