# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Performance Contracting Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016032546` · 3/25/2016 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Vacuum cleaners
## Employer
- **Name:** Performance Contracting Inc.
- **Location:** 3800 Decker Lane, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78724
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing the inside of a vacuum hose of accumulated debris that was interfering with the suction force. Once the employee cleared the vacuum hose, the suction force grasped the employee's right arm. The employee's right arm and hand were injured.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*