Incident date: 2016-03-08
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was holding a railroad crossing gate for a vehicle to get on the railroad. The vehicle struck the gate and the gate fell on his finger. His left ring finger was lacerated and the fingertip was eventually amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Gates
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high