Incident date: 2025-01-21
NAICS industry code: 492110

On January 21, 2025, an employee was unloading a shipment of slot machines from a delivery truck. The truck's lift gate battery failed, preventing the use of the lift. The employee disconnected the vehicle engine battery and connected it to the lift gate battery to provide a power boost. While the employee was repairing the liftgate, their hands were exposed to extreme cold weather. The employee was hospitalized with frostbite to both hands, including their fingers and thumbs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to environmental cold  outdoor
code_source: title: Cold environmental
code_nature: title: Frostbite
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate