Incident date: 2024-08-16
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was manually closing a vehicle gate in a truck yard when their left middle finger became caught between the gate and the gate post. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object handled by person  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Gates
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high