Incident date: 2016-11-01
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was conducting landscaping activities (e.g., mowing grass and cleaning up the grounds). As he closed the gate to his box truck, his left ring finger was caught in its pinch point, causing a compound fracture that resulted in a finger amputation near the knuckle.

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