Incident date: 2023-01-28
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was emptying a self-emptying trash dumpster. When the lever came down onto the track that guides the hopper into the dumping position, the employee sustained partial amputations to the right middle and index fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high