Incident date: 2025-08-02
NAICS industry code: 423930

On August 2, 2025, at 7:35 AM, a temporary employee was using an air hose to blow dust off the electric motor of a conveyor while standing on the belt. The conveyor started and the employee was taken through a plastic/trash trommel and out a discharge chute. The employee fell 8-10 feet and was hospitalized with a brain bleed and lacerations to the head that required stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate