Incident date: 2018-07-19
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was going to remove the tarp from a compactor. Another employee was unloading a roll-off container in the transfer station and didn't realize the injured employee was there. The injured employee's right leg was pinched between the roll-off container and the compactor, resulting in a right leg amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: high