Incident date: 2019-02-06
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was lifting the gate on a cargo truck. The lift gate became stuck, so the employee attempted to loosen it. The gate jolted, and his middle finger was caught between the gate and truck, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Delivery truck or van
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high