Incident date: 2016-09-08
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was performing service/maintenance on a roof top refrigeration unit. While testing the temperature of the refrigeration line, the employee's right hand was struck by a fan blade, lacerating and fracturing the right middle finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate