Incident date: 2018-06-01
NAICS industry code: 326211

After an employee adjusted a loose belt on a conveyor, the operator began using the conveyor again when it balled up. As the employee attempted to remove the ball-up, the employee's right arm was caught in the conveyor belt, suffering multiple fractures and pulling the skin away from the arm between the mid-bicep and mid-forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Multiple arm locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate