105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA—

Augusta Industrial Services, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Final narrative

On January 13, 2015, at approximately 3:00 PM, Employee #1 was using a vacuum hose inside a tank when the vacuum caught his hand and pulled his arm in. The vacuum was caught on Employee #1's arm for approximately 15 seconds before he alerted Employee #2, the attendant operating the equipment, who turned the vacuum off. Approximately one hour later, Employee #1's arm began to swell. He was taken to the hospital, and the swelling continued. Incisions were made into the arm to relieve pressure, and the employee was admitted overnight.

Hospitalized Arm(s), unspecified Vacuum cleaners

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