Incident date: 2015-12-22
NAICS industry code: 311811

An employee was moving a pedestal fan and during movement the cage flexed and the employee's finger contacted the blade amputating a portion of the finger. Amputation occurred on the fleshy part of the finger opposite the nail bed with no bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high