Incident date: 2016-06-27
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee arrived at a worksite, opened the lease gate, drove the vehicle through the gate, and exited the vehicle to close the gate when the wind caught it. The employee tried to block the gate from hitting the company vehicle. The gate caught his thumb between it and the vehicle door, amputating flesh on his left thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
code_source: title: Gates
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high