Incident date: 2025-06-17
NAICS industry code: 311612

On June 17, 2025, at approximately 3:30 p.m., two employees were servicing a refrigeration unit on a roof. The injured employee was inspecting the orientation of a sprocket in a different unit when air pressure generated by the unit caused the door to shut on their right thumb, resulting in an amputation at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Cooling and humidifying machinery, appliances  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high