Incident date: 2017-01-06
NAICS industry code: 311712

An employee was working at the de-palletizer and reached with their right hand to retrieve a slip sheet from the top of the empty cans. The sweeper arm on the de-palletizer, which is located above the cans and pushes the cans off of the pallet and onto a conveyor belt, came down and caught her right hand resulting in a fractured right forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Stacking machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate