Incident date: 2019-09-17
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was trying to dislodge the lift gate on the rear of a delivery truck. The gate abruptly dropped on the employee's left hand and injured it. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Delivery truck or van
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate