Incident date: 2024-11-29
NAICS industry code: 311511

An employee was opening a frozen lift gate and using his right hand to control the gate with his left hand on the gate. The fingers on his left hand were pinched by the lift gate, resulting in amputations to all four fingers from the nail bed up.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Trucks  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high