# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Blast All, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054045` · 5/3/2017 · HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper extremities, 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:** Blast All, Inc.
- **Location:** CT DOT Project # 63-699/700/701, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06105
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was vacuuming steel grit using a 4" vacuum hose when the employee's arm up to the bicep was suctioned into the hose. The employee suffered extensive swelling and required surgery.

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