Incident date: 2015-10-02
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was putting a combo inside the trash compactor. Once the combo was inside, he turned on the trash compactor, but the equipment failed to operate normally. He attempted to adjust the combo, and as soon as the combo was adjusted, the compactor reacted quickly and crushed/amputated his right middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Trash compactors
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high