Incident date: 2024-10-14
NAICS industry code: 562910

While cleaning an AC air return, a temporary employee stopped a deenergized fan motor from turning due to wind. As he was inserting a rag between the fan motor's pulley and belt when his index finger was caught between the belt and the pulley. The finger was partially amputated below the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Fans, blowers wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high