Incident date: 2017-05-15
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was cleaning a cooling coil on a rooftop HVAC unit. He removed a panel to the unit to wash the coil from the inside out. His left hand was inside the unit when the fan blade struck and amputated his left index finger and lacerated his middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Air conditioning units
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high