Incident date: 2016-09-22
NAICS industry code: 238340

An employee was helping a coworker empty trash carts into a dumpster. They were lifting the trash cart manually from a loading dock. The trash cart slipped and caught the employee's left middle finger between the trash cart metal frame and the trash cart, amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high