Incident date: 2017-05-04
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was standing on a truck step, inspecting the bays before making deliveries for the day. When he finished looking in the bay, he grabbed the strap of the door with his left hand and dismounted the step while his right hand was on the truck deck. The bay door closed on his right hand, partially amputating his middle fingertip, including the entire nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high