Incident date: 2018-03-26
NAICS industry code: 713910

An employee was using a blower as a vacuum to pick up broken glass when the nozzle became loose. He turned off the equipment and as he was trying to secure the nozzle, his left ring finger made contact with the blower fan, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high