Incident date: 2018-11-13
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was cleaning an HVAC unit when his left hand entered the unit and contacted the belt, resulting in an amputation injury to his left middle and ring fingers. The unit was running at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high