Incident date: 2018-09-17
NAICS industry code: 236220

A spreader chain was holding a tailgate open. The employee pulled the chain out while the employee's finger was between a box and the gate. The tailgate then smashed and severed the employee's right ring fingernail and index finger at the distal joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
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