Incident date: 2017-10-01
NAICS industry code: 452990

An employee was dumping garbage out of a tipster (a plastic garbage can on wheels) that had a crack. As the employee was putting the tipster back down, the employee's right index fingertip was caught and amputated in the crack.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cans
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high