Incident date: 2019-10-29
NAICS industry code: 327991

An employee was attempting to unclog a jammed vacuum unit when his right hand entered the energized unit. His right index finger was then caught between the vacuum's airlock and flange, resulting in a partial finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high