Incident date: 2015-10-02
NAICS industry code: 562212

An employee was shoveling out a garbage truck at a landfill. The wind blew the side-hinged access door shut on the employee's right thumb, amputating it between the thumbnail and the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high