Incident date: 2023-10-17
NAICS industry code: 611310

An employee was retrieving a piece of dishware from a sink to prevent it from going in the garbage disposal when four fingers on their right hand got caught in the disposal and were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Garbage disposals
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high