Incident date: 2024-08-26
NAICS industry code: 562998

The injured employee got out of his truck and began rotating the two-yard compactor by hand in order to position the can for service. While moving the compactor, the metal lid folded backward toward the employee's hands, crushing and fracturing his left index and middle fingers. He was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Trash compactors, shredders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate