Incident date: 2018-11-08
NAICS industry code: 333413

An employee was assembling a large fan when his glove was caught in the sheave of the fan as he manually turned the drive. The tip of his left middle finger was crushed, necessitating a surgical amputation up to the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high