Incident date: 2019-07-10
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was getting ready to repair an air handler. He looked inside the air handler to see what tools were needed. He was attempting to shut off the equipment when his left hand contacted the moving fan blade, resulting in a left ring fingertip amputation. The fan was running at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high