Incident date: 2017-05-03
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was vacuuming steel grit using a 4" vacuum hose when the employee's arm up to the bicep was suctioned into the hose. The employee suffered extensive swelling and required 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: Upper extremities, unspecified
severity: moderate