Incident date: 2016-03-25
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was clearing the inside of a vacuum hose of accumulated debris that was interfering with the suction force. Once the employee cleared the vacuum hose, the suction force grasped the employee's right arm. The employee's right arm and hand were injured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Vacuum cleaners
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate