Incident date: 2017-12-29
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was unloading and lowering a waste container at a customer's location when it struck ice. The employee's finger was then caught between the container's trunnion bar and the truck, suffering a fracture and ligament/tendon damage that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate