Incident date: 2019-09-12
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was lifting and dumping a tilt cart (with a helper) into a roll-off dumpster at a loading dock. The cart tipped downward suddenly from the shift in contents and the employee's pinky finger was caught in a pinch point between the tipped cart and the jagged edge of the roll-off dumpster. As a result, the employee's right pinky finger was amputated.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high