Incident date: 2020-06-17
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee was changing the trash bag on a shim vacuum when he attempted to check the vacuum impeller for a clog. The moving impeller blades then amputated his right ring fingertip and 1 inch from his right index fingertip. The vacuum was energized at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Vacuum cleaners
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high