Incident date: 2025-04-04
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was delivering construction materials and was trying to loosen a tie down on the back of the truck. When the strap came loose it caused the ratchet bar to jolt forward pinching their left little finger between the ratchet bar and forks on the back of the truck and resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Strapping, bands
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high