Incident date: 2025-06-30
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was standing near a dump truck, watching as it dumped a load of rocks. When the end dump was put down, the employee noticed there was a rock stuck in its tailgate and lifted the tailgate so the rock would come out. The rock fell out and the tailgate caught his left ring finger. The finger was lacerated and broken. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate