Incident date: 2018-05-10
NAICS industry code: 453998

An employee was cutting the bolt on the back of a truck to repair it when the lift gate fell on the employee's left thumb and index finger. The employee sustained a small laceration on the index finger and was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate