Incident date: 2017-02-07
NAICS industry code: 327320

An employee was preparing to clean the drum of a mixer truck. To access the drum, the employee raised the hopper located at the rear of the truck and placed a brace underneath it. The hopper slipped from the brace and fell onto the employee's right index finger crushing it. The finger was surgically amputated between the first and second digit.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high