Incident date: 2019-01-24
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was winching a dumpster box onto a hauler truck. The dumpster got stuck. While the employee was getting it loose and reeling it in, his thumb was caught between the wire rope and the reel. His left thumb was amputated above the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high