Incident date: 2024-08-08
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee exited his haul truck to close the tailgate and noticed some stones he was hauling were trapped between the truck bed and the tailgate. He pulled up on the tailgate to free the stones. He then pushed the tailgate closed and his left hand was caught between the tailgate and the latch. The employee's ring finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by door, gate, window
code_source: title: Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high