Incident date: 2019-03-04
NAICS industry code: 236115

While putting a truck bed in the horizontal position, an employee noticed it was not latching properly. While he was investigating, the tailgate released, crushing his left middle and ring fingers against the bed and amputating them.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high