Incident date: 2020-03-16
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was checking a metal disk used for metal detection in food. The metal disk fell. When the employee reached up beneath the conveyor for the disk, their glove got stuck in the conveyor which caused a laceration to the middle of the employee's right hand. The employee required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate