Incident date: 2018-03-09
NAICS industry code: 423210

An employee was troubleshooting a lift gate to identify why it was not working and had no power when the gate closed on and pinched the employee's left index finger, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Liftgates
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate