Incident date: 2016-10-04
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was trying to unjam two steel bars on a conveyor when the photo sensor sensed movement and began to cycle, causing the employee's right hand to be dragged into the conveyor. The employee suffered a fractured right hand and was hospitalized overnight. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate