Incident date: 2024-08-13
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was conducting routine air conditioner maintenance on a condenser. While checking the refrigerant pressures, the gauges got caught and his left hand contacted the fan blade. The employee sustained a fractured left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Air conditioning units
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate