Incident date: 2020-02-04
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was taking out a small trash cart. The employee picked up the cart to dump the trash, and the cart slipped out of the employee's hand. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the cart and a dumpster, sustaining a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high