Incident date: 2023-01-18
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was working as the ground man while a loader was sorting landfill trash. A tooth on the loader's bucket struck his right quadriceps. He suffered a laceration to the thigh and his right leg was medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: high