Incident date: 2015-08-18
NAICS industry code: 311511

An employee was loading cream on a milk truck using a flexible hose when the employee's finger got caught between the handle and body of a plunger valve, resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high