Incident date: 2024-02-19
NAICS industry code: 423930

On February 19, 2024, an employee arrived at a customer site to empty the recycling compactor. While loosening a ratchet, the employee's finger was caught in the pinch point where the ratchet hook connects the receiver box to the compactor unit, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Garbage trucks
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high