Incident date: 2016-06-15
NAICS industry code: 562219

An employee was helping to lift a refuse bag into a truck when the bag's contents ripped through the bag and lacerated/amputated the employee's right index finger. The employee was wearing cotton gloves at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Trash, garbage
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high