Incident date: 2020-05-21
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was balancing a blower assembly that had a mechanical indicator with a magnet. While the blower wheel was moving to check for vibrations, his hand entered the assembly and it caught his thumb, resulting in a right thumb amputation. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high