Incident date: 2025-05-16
NAICS industry code: 238220

On May 16, 2025, at 2:45 p.m., an employee was manually rolling the belt on an HVAC blower when their right middle and ring fingers got caught between the belt and pulley, resulting in amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Drives, belts, chains
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high