Incident date: 2023-10-18
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was working to put a blade cylinder back into its housing when his right middle finger was pinched between the cylinder and the housing. The employee's right middle fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high