Incident date: 2018-08-16
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was attempting the grab a black box that was going into a waste disposal truck's hopper when the hopper's blade struck and injured the employee's hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate