Incident date: 2020-07-09
NAICS industry code: 721211

Two employees were trying to tip a dumpster over onto its front and then onto its top so that they could straighten out the back of the dumpster. One of the doors of the dumpster closed on an employee's left index finger, causing an amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high