Incident date: 2024-06-06
NAICS industry code: 561210

An employee was conducting periodic maintenance on an air-handling unit. The employee was checking the tension when the drive belt spun and caught his gloved hand, pulling it into a pulley. The employee's ring fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high