Incident date: 2022-02-04
NAICS industry code: 337121

An employee was sweeping pieces of fiber fill into a reclaim vacuum hose. The employee's hair was caught in the rotating shaft of the reclaim motor, resulting in a scalping injury. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Vacuum cleaners
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Scalp
severity: moderate