Incident date: 2023-11-30
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was on an A-frame ladder replacing a wire to a motor that was attached to an HVAC duct. The motor was shut off but the pulley and the belts were still rotating when the employee's glove was caught and his right ring and middle fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high