Incident date: 2015-03-14
NAICS industry code: 713110

An employee collecting trash containers at the facility suffered a finger amputation when his hand got caught between a hitch and a toe bar behind a tractor. The tractor moved forward and amputated a finger. The tractor was parked in neutral gear at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high