Incident date: 2016-11-10
NAICS industry code: 562212

While cleaning the blade on a waste truck, an employee's hand was caught and injured in the blade area, requiring hospitalization. The truck was running at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate