Incident date: 2015-10-02
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was on the back of an end-load sanitation truck while it was backing up.  The truck backed into a utility pole and the employee's hand was caught between the truck and the utility pole. Five fingers and half of his right hand were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: high