Incident date: 2018-01-15
NAICS industry code: 238140

On January 15, 2018, an employee was backing a cart load of cinder bricks, weighing about 500 lbs., down a ramp by himself. His finger was caught and crushed between the cart and the frame of the doorway as he was going through, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate