Incident date: 2017-06-07
NAICS industry code: 711190

An employee heard an air handler making a squeaking noise. He shut the unit off and was checking the tension on the belt (motor/squirrel cage) when his left ring finger was caught between the belt and pulley, breaking it in two places.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate