Incident date: 2017-10-06
NAICS industry code: 327310

An employee was clearing a board jam from a conveyor when the conveyor activated. The conveyor roll then struck him, fracturing one of his ribs, his pelvis, and the L1 and L3 vertebrae. He also suffered one cracked rib and body bruising.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate