Incident date: 2020-11-27
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was cleaning a dock-locking mechanism on a solid waste container on the back of a truck. The latching mechanism was engaged, catching the employee's right glove and partially amputating the little finger at the second knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high