Incident date: 2022-06-19
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was removing a filter from a box while standing on a 10-foot ladder. The box was stationary on the ladder cap. As the employee pulled the filter from the box, his right hand entered a ceiling fan. He suffered a broken hand and lacerations, with significant blood loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate