Incident date: 2024-05-21
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee removed the panel from an HVAC unit to look at the belt. The employee pushed on the belt and the unit's fan activated and amputated the distal phalanx of their right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high