Incident date: 2024-04-29
NAICS industry code: 562212

An employee was working as a runner on the back of a rear-load garbage truck. Their left hand was crushed between the packer blade and the sidewall of the hopper. The employee sustained a contusion to the hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Garbage trucks
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate