Incident date: 2019-04-17
NAICS industry code: 611310

An employee was changing transmission belts on a 40-hp cooling tower fan, when the fan turned on and amputated the left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high