Incident date: 2015-10-19
NAICS industry code: 541690

An employee was acting as a signal person for a driver backing the truck. The employee's left hand was caught between the corner of a building and the truck. The employee underwent surgery to repair a fractured thumb and the surrounding soft tissue.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate