Incident date: 2024-05-07
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was investigating a smell coming from an HVAC unit. They shut the unit off and checked to see if the belt was hot and smoking when their left hand contacted the belt that was still moving, resulting in a partial amputation of their index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high