Incident date: 2015-12-17
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was using a hand-held blower to clean when his thumb was partially amputated by the impeller on the bottom of the equipment. The impeller was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high