Incident date: 2015-08-04
NAICS industry code: 562111

On 8/4/15, an employee riding the back of a waste collection truck operated the sweep blade control. The truck was in motion at the time. His foot got stuck between the sweep blade and the truck. Three left-foot toes were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high