Incident date: 2018-09-10
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was troubleshooting an HVAC system that was making a squeaking noise at the belt. The employee applied pressure to the belt, which then made contact with the pulley system and pulled the employee's left hand into the system. As a result, the employee suffered a partial amputation of the left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
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