Incident date: 2023-06-02
NAICS industry code: 332410

An employee was bending down working in a team to level a heat exchanger so it could be bolted to the floor. The employee's left little finger was lacerated and crushed as the equipment was lowered down; the employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate