Incident date: 2019-08-02
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was hooking the latch from a truck to a dumpster. The truck's lifting lever was engaged, and the employee suffered a partial thumb amputation in the pinch point.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high