Incident date: 2016-06-02
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee's hand was on a cart-tipping mechanism when the mechanism engaged and pinched his right-hand ring and pinky fingers, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate