Incident date: 2024-08-21
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was removing cellulose insulation from an attic space using an insulation removal vacuum. The employee's hand was caught in the machine resulting in amputation of their right index finger. The vacuum machine was running at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Industrial vacuums
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high