Incident date: 2018-03-27
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was transferring trash from a rolling hopper to a dump hopper when his right hand entered a pinch point between the dump hopper and the rolling hopper. His right thumb was crushed, resulting in a thumb tip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high