Incident date: 2022-04-04
NAICS industry code: 452910

An employee was in an oil change pit doing an oil change on a vehicle but he was unable to reach the oil filter. The vehicle was then moved into a different position. When the employee reached up for the oil filter his hand was caught in a belt and drawn up into the fan of the vehicle. The employee's little finger was amputated and their ring finger was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high