Incident date: 2016-10-13
NAICS industry code: 611519

An employee was leaning against the truck frame in the back of the truck with his hand resting on the edge of the frame close to the truck's mud flap spring release. A student unknowingly pushed down on the spring amputating the employee's left pinky fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high