Incident date: 2019-01-07
NAICS industry code: 562211

An employee was emptying a 4-yard garbage dumpster. The employee's right middle finger became wedged between the garbage container and the garbage truck, suffering a partial amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high