Incident date: 2016-11-16
NAICS industry code: 325320

An employee entered a trash cart as part of a process where a forklift operator would raise the cart off the ground so the employee could shovel trash out of the cart and into a compactor. The metal cart slid on the forks toward the forklift while the employee was holding onto the edge, and the employee's left middle finger was amputated when the trash cart made contact with the forklift apron guard.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high