Incident date: 2018-05-15
NAICS industry code: 562112

An employee was helping another employee lower a lift gate on a truck. His left hand was on the edge of the lift gate when the latching mechanism closed, catching his left pinky fingertip and resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high