Incident date: 2025-03-24
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was hauling hot mix asphalt in a tandem dump truck. He was cleaning up buildup around the latch that holds the tailgate pin and using a scraper to wedge the tailgate open. The pin came down on his left middle finger, resulting in a tissue amputation and loss of the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Dump trucks
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high