Incident date: 2024-01-17
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was mounting a riding step on the rear of a truck when his right hand entered the truck's hopper and the blade cycled, resulting in crush injuries to the tip of his thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Garbage trucks
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: moderate