Incident date: 2021-12-17
NAICS industry code: 562212

An employee was collecting yard waste debris from the ground and loading it into a garbage truck's hopper. The packer blade caught his left hand against the inner wall of the hopper, resulting in an amputation to the tip of the ring finger.

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