Incident date: 2017-06-09
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was helping a driver empty a rear-load waste container when the opening became clogged with waste. The employee was dislodging the waste when the lid frame moved and amputated the fourth distal phalange of the left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high