Incident date: 2025-05-24
NAICS industry code: 236116

A maintenance technician was installing an A/C unit. His left little finger was caught in the chain and pulley used to lower the unit. The finger was severed above the nailbed. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high