Incident date: 2018-03-12
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was performing routine maintenance on a discharge conveyor belt when another employee activated the machine. The employee was then thrown into the moving conveyor, breaking several ribs. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate