Incident date: 2022-07-26
NAICS industry code: 424810

An employee was trying release a stuck lift gate on a tractor trailer. When he tried to push it out, it jerked back and its arm caught his left index finger against the plate. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high