← OSHA severe injury reports
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
1 hospitalization · 2016064868 · 6/2/2016 · Western Disposal Services
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
Employer
- Name
- Western Disposal Services
- Location
- Intersection of Pine and Folsom, BOULDER, COLORADO, 80301
- NAICS
- 423930
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee's hand was on a cart-tipping mechanism when the mechanism engaged and pinched his right-hand ring and pinky fingers, requiring surgery.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown