Incident date: 2020-09-14
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was on a ladder about 10 feet off the ground, trying to unclog a water mister. The mister began to spray water onto him; as he tried to close it off and avoid the water, his right hand was struck by a large box fan blade. He suffered an amputation to the little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high