Incident date: 2017-01-18
NAICS industry code: 238340

An employee and a coworker were lifting a trash cart to empty its contents inside a dumpster when the employee's left middle finger was caught between the metal dumpster and the trash cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated up to the nail bed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high