Incident date: 2022-03-28
NAICS industry code: 112120

Part of an automated conveyor track had become unaligned and four employees were troubleshooting the problem. One of them climbed onto the conveyor belt (about 2 1/2 feet above ground level) and braced himself on a guard cable (about 2 feet above the conveyor, aligned with the side of the belt) while sitting on another guard cable (about 1 foot above the conveyor belt). Both cables failed while the employee was trying to manipulate the conveyor with his legs/feet. He fell to the floor, striking his head and suffering two skull fractures and a brain bleed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Skull fracture and intracranial injury
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate