Incident date: 2022-06-21
NAICS industry code: 441310

While on a scissor lift, an employee was cleaning an overhead fan. The employee tripped over the hose of a wet/dry vacuum and his right hand struck the running fan blade resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip. The fan was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Trip over an object without fall
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high