Incident date: 2020-05-28
NAICS industry code: 484110

After delivering a load of stone to the jobsite, the driver of the dump truck was checking to see why the tailgate of the dump truck was not closing properly. When he pushed the tailgate, it returned, trapping the fingers on his left hand between the bed and the gate. The ring and middle fingers were amputated to the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Dump truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high