Incident date: 2019-01-23
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was signaling a truck as it backed up. The truck rolled back, pinning the employee's hand between a camlock union and the DOT bar (bumper). The employee suffered a fracture and dislocation of the left thumb, which was surgically amputated and reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high