Incident date: 2020-10-27
NAICS industry code: 311615

Four maintenance technicians were unclogging a vacuum line. When they re-energized the vacuum system, an actuator valve inside the vacuum tube crushed one employee's right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate