Incident date: 2023-10-30
NAICS industry code: 423620

An employee was attempting to close a box truck's spring-loaded lift gate platform. When pushing the platform arm down, the platform arm got stuck. When the employee got the arm to go down, it popped back up, amputating his left little finger pad.

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), unspecified
severity: high