Incident date: 2025-06-28
NAICS industry code: 492110

An employee was prepping a trailer load area by lowering the chute that drops packages into the trailer. As she pulled the chute down, her finger was crushed between the handle of the chute and a metal plate that was under the chute. The chute caused a severe laceration to her finger that required surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Chutes
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate