Incident date: 2016-04-12
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was loading a pile of limbs from the curb side into the back of a garbage truck. The employee's glove was caught in the hydraulic packing blade of the truck, injuring three fingers and 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), unspecified
severity: moderate