Incident date: 2023-05-11
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was operating the controls of a rear-load garbage truck when their left hand was caught in the compactor. The employee sustained a left hand crush injury and a possible avulsion.

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: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate