Incident date: 2016-05-23
NAICS industry code: 444220

An employee was taking two drums of trash to the dumpster with a forklift (55 gallon and 20 gallon).  The employee lifted the drums and tried to tilt the drums so they would fall into the dumpster. His left middle finger was caught between the dumpster and the 20-gallon drum, amputating the first digit.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high