Incident date: 2023-03-06
NAICS industry code: 562111

A commercial waste collection driver was servicing a 4-yard, front-end-load metal container on wheels. As he pushed the container back into the corral, the container bumped into the bollard and crushed the employee's hand. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high