Incident date: 2024-06-20
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was servicing an HVAC unit on the roof of a vacant building. As the employee manually pulled the belt and pulley system, his left middle finger was caught in the belt/pulley and a quarter inch of the finger was amputated.

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: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high