Incident date: 2021-06-11
NAICS industry code: 321991

Employees were lifting a dumpster out of a compactor when the load shifted. An employee's finger was caught between the fork and the dumpster resulting in amputation of his left pinky finger at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high