Incident date: 2020-12-11
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee had just finished dumping a rear load container into the back of a rear load garbage truck. While retracting the winch cable and securing it to the truck, the employee's hand was caught between the cable and the grab handle. The employee sustained a crushed right hand and was hospitalized. The middle finger required surgical amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high