Incident date: 2018-11-08
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was preparing to perform preventive maintenance on an air handler. The air handler had not come to a full stop when he lost his balance and went to hold onto the machine. Three of his fingers were caught between the belt and the pulley, resulting in avulsions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate