Incident date: 2018-08-27
NAICS industry code: 928110

An employee was loading the rear end of a garbage truck with cardboard. When activated, the rear loader smashed his fingers. The tips of his left middle and ring fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high