Incident date: 2019-02-14
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was loading construction and interior office garbage into the rear loader of a garbage truck. As he pushed in a desk, the loader activated; his finger slipped and was caught between the inside wall of the truck and the desk. He suffered a partial amputation of the left thumb above the knuckle.

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