Incident date: 2025-02-17
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was servicing HVAC equipment. He was lifting a unit when it dropped on his right index finger. The motor crushed and amputated his fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object dropped by person
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high