Incident date: 2018-01-10
NAICS industry code: 332321

An employee was cleaning his work area with a blower when he experienced problems with the vacuum system. As he attempted to fix it, the hose fell off. While he was trying to replace the hose, his left hand contacted the fan blade, amputating three fingers and partially amputating one finger.

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