Incident date: 2022-04-04
NAICS industry code: 562212

An employee was pushing a dumpster toward a waste truck. His hand was caught between the dumpster and the truck, and his right index finger was crushed. The finger was medically amputated.

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