Incident date: 2015-11-13
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was moving a board inside a trash truck hopper. The blade was moving at the time. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated between the compactor blade and the side wall of the hopper.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high