Incident date: 2023-08-09
NAICS industry code: 562111

A temporary employee was performing preventive maintenance on machinery and retrieving a brush that fell into the conveyor belt. His right arm was then pinched between the conveyor belt and roller, resulting in a laceration from the employee's right elbow to the wrist. The injury required surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate