Incident date: 2024-12-17
NAICS industry code: 325412

An employee was performing preventative maintenance to an air handler when a fan in the air handler spun and contacted their right middle finger. The finger was caught between the fan and the belt, resulting in a partial amputation.

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, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate