Incident date: 2019-01-09
NAICS industry code: 562119

An employee was connecting a hook and winch cable to a waste container when his left ring finger became tangled in the cable, resulting in a fingertip amputation with no bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high