Incident date: 2018-02-12
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was loading a dumpster into the rear loading garbage truck. A bag of trash fell from the dumpster. As the employee put his hand over his head to block the trash, he placed his hand in a pinch point and inadvertently activated the winch of the truck, resulting in compound fractures to his left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate