Incident date: 2018-10-13
NAICS industry code: 484220

An employee was helping to correct the tiedown straps on a palletized load on a flatbed trailer with multiple fixed ladders when the third fixed ladder slammed down onto both his right and left hands. His left index finger was amputated at the first knuckle, an his right index and middle fingers were lacerated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high