Incident date: 2017-03-10
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was hospitalized after his left arm was caught inside the hose of a high pressure vacuum while the employee was collecting abrasive blasting debris on a bridge. The employee suffered from severe swelling and inflammation of his left arm, from the upper biceps to the hand while cleaning the hose of the high pressure vacuum.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Vacuum cleaners
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate