Incident date: 2022-07-21
NAICS industry code: 562111

The winch line of a rear-load garbage truck was tightened, and the fingers on an employee's left hand were pinched behind the safety latch of a hook on the line resulting in an amputation.

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: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high