Incident date: 2020-08-18
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee's fingers were pinched in the cart tipper on the back of a garbage truck, causing injuries that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate