Incident date: 2023-09-12
NAICS industry code: 311919

An employee was dumping trash into the compactor from a rolling utility tilt cart. While lowering the utility cart from the tilted position to dump the trash, the employee s right little finger was caught between the cart s metal frame and the compactor frame. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high