Incident date: 2015-01-16
NAICS industry code: 424410

Employee amputated the fourth finger on his left hand when it was caught between a rotating belt and pulley. He was attempting to tighten a bolt on the motor of a cooling unit. The rotating belt and pulley was located in the center of the roof of the cooling unit.

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