Incident date: 2020-03-11
NAICS industry code: 423210

An employee was tipping plastic recyclable materials from a rolling cart into a dumpster when their right middle finger was caught between the cart and the dumpster. The distal end of the finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high