Incident date: 2016-02-06
NAICS industry code: 327211

On February 6, 2016, at approximately 12:30 PM, an employee sustained an amputation of the left middle finger to the first joint. The employee was preparing to dump a dumpster elevated by a forklift when the dumpster rolled back onto the employee's hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high