Incident date: 2024-07-03
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was conducting maintenance on an HVAC unit and unhooking pressure gauges when their right hand contacted rotating fan blades. The employee sustained fractures and lacerations to the hand and fingers that required stitches and surgery on the ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate