Incident date: 2024-01-25
NAICS industry code: 562219

An employee reversed a rear-loading garbage truck to line up with a 4-yard trash container for dumping. The employee's right index finger was caught between the cable and the frame of the truck, resulting in amputation.

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