Incident date: 2016-01-22
NAICS industry code: 424610

An employee was reconnecting a 20-pound cooling fan located 8 inches above the floor when the fan slipped and pinched the employee's right index finger between the blade and the floor. The finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high