Incident date: 2015-11-17
NAICS industry code: 424450

An employee was injured at a delivery stop when his hand and wrist were caught between the lift gate and the truck as the lift gate was being lowered. The employee sustained broken bones and tendon damage to his left wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Delivery truck or van
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate