Incident date: 2020-02-14
NAICS industry code: 339112

An employee was working inside of the air handling unit and was working on the fan blade belt and pulley system. The employee rotated the fan blade pulley belt and amputated a finger between the fan blade and belt system. The air handling unit was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high