Incident date: 2023-05-26
NAICS industry code: 322299

An employee was sweeping near a conveyor. The conveyor grabbed the employee's push broom and pulled it in; the machine then caught both of the employee's hands. The employee suffered broken bones, lacerations, and contusions and was hospitalized, receiving surgery and stitches. The conveyor's guard had been moved away at the time of the incident.

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