Incident date: 2022-06-20
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was troubleshooting an air handling unit to verify the direction of air flow. The employee began to manually advance the fan by pushing and pulling the drive belt when his right middle and ring fingers became caught in the belt and pulley. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the ring finger and a fractured middle finger.

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