Incident date: 2023-09-23
NAICS industry code: 311411

An employee was inspecting a sorter conveyor. The employee was pulled into the roller, resulting in fractures and degloved skin on the forearm that required hospitalization and surgery. The injury required amputation of the arm below the elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: high