Incident date: 2015-02-05
NAICS industry code: 491110

Employee noticed that the cargo door of his assigned Long Life Vehicle snapped while unloading mail. He placed flat tubs (plastic containers that are used to carry mail) under the broken cargo door to hold the door up as he was unloading mail when he either hit the tub or the tub flipped out, causing the door to fall on his right hand. He severed his middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Delivery truck or van
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high