Incident date: 2024-10-10
NAICS industry code: 443141

An employee was closing the liftgate to a box truck when their finger was caught in the clamp/gear as it was folding up. The employee pulled his finger out and the left index fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Straight trucks, box trucks
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high