Incident date: 2024-01-04
NAICS industry code: 445299

An employee was preparing to remove hard, melted cheese from a sprocket on a conveyor belt system when his arm was caught by the belt and sprocket and pulled into machine. The employee sustained a broken right forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate