Incident date: 2025-05-19
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was clearing a clogged hose connected to a vacuum when the vacuum engaged and pulled her arm inside, resulting in hospitalization the next day due to swelling, discoloration, and pain.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Industrial vacuums
code_nature: title: Soreness, swelling, inflammation
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate