Incident date: 2025-07-18
NAICS industry code: 333413

An employee was replacing a screen on a rooftop HVAC unit when the rotating exhaust fan blade contacted their right index finger, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization and the surgical amputation at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Fans, blowers wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high