Incident date: 2024-06-06
NAICS industry code: 325314

While cleaning a conveyor belt with a scraper, an employee came in contact with the moving conveyor belt and his left arm became trapped in the tripper unit. He suffered fractures and severe friction burns to both wrists, and severe friction burns to the upper left thigh.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
severity: moderate