Incident date: 2017-08-31
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was compacting garbage in a garbage truck when the compactor blade cut the employee's left upper arm.

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: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate