Incident date: 2016-08-13
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was lowering a 300-pound refrigeration compressor from the tailgate of a pickup truck to a steel dolly with a helper when the employee's finger was caught between the compressor and the dolly. The employee suffered a bone fracture of the right pinky finger and an open wound on the top and bottom of the pinky.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate