Incident date: 2015-03-12
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was working on the back of a garbage truck and saw a piece of metal. When he reached in to retrieve it, his hand got caught in the compactor.

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: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: high