Incident date: 2022-10-19
NAICS industry code: 562998

An employee was cycling the packer on a rear-loading garbage truck. While his left hand was on the back of the truck, near the packer, the fingers were caught and broken between the packer's blade and the truck body.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate