Incident date: 2024-11-05
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was dumping a metal rear load container when their left index finger was pinched between the truck and the container. The employee sustained a finger 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