Incident date: 2020-06-30
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was emptying trash containers in the back of a compactor truck when his hand was contacted by the compactor blade, resulting in a partial amputation to the distal phalanx of his left middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high