Incident date: 2020-06-04
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was installing a 550-pound blower on a generator engine. While the employee was raising the blower into position with a half-ton chain, the blower was caught between the generator and its A-frame. While being pulled loose, it swung and caught the employee's right little finger against the generator's A-frame. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high