Incident date: 2022-03-08
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was testing a hydraulic valve on a truck. While he was trying to remove a piece of plastic from the valve, the valve closed on his left middle finger, causing an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high