Incident date: 2024-05-03
NAICS industry code: 441320

An employee was placing/adjusting a block to raise a lifted truck higher using a portable jack when the vehicle and block shifted and the truck came down, crushing his right index finger between the truck and the jack. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Pickup truck
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high