Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury

Name: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Professional Abatement & Remediation Technologies
Start: 11/15/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015118649 · 11/15/2015 · Professional Abatement & Remediation Technologies

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Vacuum cleaners

Employer

Name: Professional Abatement & Remediation Technologies
Location: Bodine Aluminum, TROY, MISSOURI, 63379
NAICS: 562910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a 4-inch-diameter hose to an industrial vacuum cleaner when his clothing and hand were sucked into the hose. The high pressure suction caused the capillaries in his hand to swell. He was hospitalized and required surgery to reduce the swelling.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown