Incident date: 2019-12-09
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was placing trash into a trash compactor. The employee tried to remove an item from the trash compactor and amputated their left middle, ring, and pinky fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Trash compactors
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high