Incident date: 2017-08-29
NAICS industry code: 336211

An employee was evaluating an electric air compressor. He removed the housing for the fan and put his hand by the fan to feel for air flow. The compressor was running at the time and the employee's hand was hit by the fan blade. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Air compressors
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high