Incident date: 2025-08-09
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was conducting preventive maintenance on a decline conveyor, spraying lubricant on its tension rollers, when his left arm was caught by the conveyor system and pulled between the roller and the belt. He suffered a fracture to the wrist and two fractures to the forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate