Incident date: 2023-10-18
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was performing routine maintenance tasks on a customer's rooftop HVAC unit. The employee was manually inspecting the belts when his glove was caught by the belt. His finger was then pinched between the belt and a sheave and his left little finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high