Incident date: 2024-01-12
NAICS industry code: 811219

An employee was testing an emergency backup generator. As he tried to remove an absorbent pad (which had been laid down to keep oil from touching the ground), the generator's fan sucked in his right forearm. The forearm was amputated by the fan blades.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Generators
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: high