Incident date: 2022-06-01
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was loading cargo into the back of a pickup truck with a trailer attached. The employee was carrying and holding a bag when he used his left hand to lower the tailgate. The employee's left middle finger became pinched between the top edge of the tailgate and the frame of the trailer resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high