Incident date: 2016-10-05
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was walking by an air handler when he heard a strange mechanical noise. He walked behind the air handler to investigate and attempted to stop the machine's moving rubber belt. His right middle finger contacted the belt and was amputated above the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high