Incident date: 2020-12-08
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was dumping a waste container that was latched to a truck when the latch came undone. The employee tried to re-latch the container when their fingertips were caught between the latch and the truck, resulting in an amputation of the middle and ring fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high