Incident date: 2016-07-26
NAICS industry code: 327213

An employee was conducting maintenance on the HVAC when the wind caused the HVAC blades to unexpectedly move, amputating the intermediate phalange of the employee's right middle finger and the distal phalange of the right ring finger.

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: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high