Incident date: 2018-09-06
NAICS industry code: 115111

An employee's left arm was caught between the roller and belt in a cotton gin conveyor system. The arm was broken; the employee was hospitalized for surgery. The system was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Picking, carding, combing machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate