Incident date: 2020-11-13
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was troubleshooting an air conditioning unit from a ladder. As he reached up to retrieve his phone, his finger entered the belt and pulley of the unit. He suffered an avulsion that resulted in an amputation of his left middle fingertip at the knuckle, just behind the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Air conditioning units
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high