Incident date: 2024-12-18
NAICS industry code: 333318

An employee was entering a cooling tower when their hair was pulled into a fan motor that was 5 feet off the ground, resulting in the separation of their scalp from their skull.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Fans, blowers wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Scalp
severity: moderate