Incident date: 2020-10-19
NAICS industry code: 336611

While operating an industrial vacuum, an employee's arm was sucked into the vacuum's hose. The employee sustained a circulatory injury to his right arm. He was hospitalized with arm swelling and underwent surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Vacuum cleaners
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate