Incident date: 2016-08-04
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was emptying the trash and cleaning off the compactor when the compactor activated and caused two fractures to the employee's left hand/finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Trash compactors
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate