Incident date: 2024-02-13
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was performing maintenance on a lift gate. As the employee was removing the kingpin on the gate, it popped out, causing the gate to drop and strike the employee's right index finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
code_source: title: Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate