Incident date: 2024-11-02
NAICS industry code: 311314

An employee was assisting a mechanic with applying lime to a slipping conveyor belt when the employee's upper right arm was caught in the tail roller of the belt. The employee sustained a compound fracture of the upper arm.

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
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate