Incident date: 2024-12-12
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was riding on the back of a trash truck on the driver's side. The employee opened a grease port with their left hand when the compactor was activated and a blade came down to compact the trash. The blade contacted the employee's index finger, resulting in amputation at the second knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Garbage trucks
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high