Incident date: 2018-01-02
NAICS industry code: 335311

An employee had to go inside an HVAC unit to conduct troubleshooting and repairs. The employee shut off power to the HVAC unit and entered it. The employee placed a hand on the box, which slipped off. The employee s hand then contacted the HVAC unit s belt and pulley, suffering a laceration and tissue damage to the right index finger and small cuts to the middle and ring fingers. The employee was hospitalized. The HVAC unit was not locked/tagged out and the blower unit had not come to a complete stop at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate