Incident date: 2020-03-03
NAICS industry code: 562119

At about 9:30 a.m. on March 3, 2020, an employee was using a winch on a disposal truck to move a dumpster. The employee's arm was caught in the winch cable between the dumpster and the truck, and was severed just above the wrist. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Forearm(s)
severity: high