Incident date: 2021-12-17
NAICS industry code: 311822

On December 17, 2021, an employee was troubleshooting an issue with the conveyor line. The employee was trying to remove a dough ball from the conveyor between a proofing area and a dough press when she was caught by and pulled into a set of rollers. The employee was pulled in up to her shoulder area and pinched between the rollers. The employee suffered broken ribs, a punctured lung, nerve damage and had the bicep of her left arm torn from the bone. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate