Incident date: 2016-08-16
NAICS industry code: 336411

An employee was adjusting a pedestal fan when his fingers went through a gap on the underside of the fan and contacted the running blades. His left middle finger was amputated and his index finger was cut.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high