Incident date: 2023-11-06
NAICS industry code: 333618

Employees were installing a retainer plate weighing approximately 95 pounds on a front corner group on a dump truck. A prybar was used to align the retainer plate. The prybar slipped and the retainer plate fell crushing an employee's right index finger against the floor, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high