Incident date: 2024-08-06
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was checking the belt tension on an air handler unit. The employee's left ring finger was caught between the belt and a pulley and the fingertip was amputated. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high