Incident date: 2025-06-09
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was emptying a dumpster into a rear-load trash truck at a customer location. The employee's left index finger got caught by the dumpster as it was being dumped, resulting in amputation of the finger at the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Garbage trucks
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high