Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-16	Grand Prairie	Tx	PENSKE LOGISTICS LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Vehicle or machinery fire
An employee was using a fire extinguisher to put out a smoldering fire on a truck tailgate. The employee inhaled some of the smoke and fire extinguisher powder, suffered respiratory distress, and was hospitalized.
2021-10-28	Cincinnati	Oh	American Scaffolding, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was unloading 12 scaffolding frames for a client. The frames were standing upright against the back window of a pickup truck and were strapped in. The pickup was on a street with a slight incline. The employee unsecured the frames, took one section off, and moved to the tailgate area of the truck to hand the frame to the client on the ground. As the employee's back was turned, the frames started falling toward him and he tried to jump out of the back of the truck, but the frames caug
2021-09-25	Yigo	Gu	Smithbridge Guam, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was cleaning excess material off the back end of a dump truck when the truck's tailgate closed. The employee's right middle and ring fingertips got pinched between the tailgate and dump bed, resulting in amputations.
2021-08-23	Greeley	Co	Lone Tree Services LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Two employees were clearing debris from the back of a dump truck after it had dumped its load of soil. They lifted the tailgate up, but it fell and crushed an employee's right ring finger against the trailer bed. The fingertip was amputated.
2021-08-09	Gallatin Gateway	Mt	Turner Enterprises, Inc.	Leg(s)	Gored or rammed by animal
An employee was with a group in a pasture, observing a herd of bison from a truck. Two bulls approached the group. One of them rammed the truck's tailgate, and the employee's leg was punctured and lacerated. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-07-14	Saint Louis	Mo	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints	Skull	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was riding on the tailgate of an off-road utility vehicle. The employee fell to the pavement and sustained a fractured skull.
2021-07-07	East Moline	Il	John Deere Harvester Works	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On July 7, 2021, an employee was removing a repair trailer from a utility vehicle's hitch using their right hand. As the hitch released, it pinched their right index finger between the tailgate of the utility vehicle and the trailer hitch latch resulting in a laceration and fracture to the right index finger that required surgery and hospitalization.
2021-06-30	Sheffield	Ma	Jason King Landscaping, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee lacerated their middle finger and fractured the tip of their pinky finger while dropping the tailgate on a truck.
2021-06-24	Hialeah Gardens	Fl	Werner Enterprises, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was lowering a wheeled, steel cage filled with merchandise from the tailgate of a truck. When the tailgate made contact with the ground, the cage shifted and rolled off the gate, striking the employee's left ankle and resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-05-20	Ogallala	Ne	McAtee Paving dba Simon	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was trying to clear asphalt from a tailgate latch. He had used a shovel to pry the gate open; the shovel slipped while his hand was between the tailgate and the truck bed, causing a fingertip amputation.
2021-05-12	Castle Rock	Co	SITEONE LANDSCAPE SUPPLY LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was loading a tandem dump truck with road base material. Some of the load had been dumped so the truck would not be overloaded, and material had collected under the tailgate, preventing it from closing. As the employee tried to clear away the material, the employee's right middle finger was caught between the tailgate and the tailgate latch. The fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.
2021-03-31	Sarver	Pa	Halliburton Energy Services Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was closing the tailgate of a pickup truck and caught their left ring finger in the hinge of the gate, resulting in an amputation to the fingertip.
2021-03-01	Tallahassee	Fl	Reladyne Florida LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on the tailgate of a truck when he fell backward and hit his head on concrete, resulting in a concussion.
2021-02-10	Houston	Tx	Williams Brothers Construction Company	Hand(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
A driver was cleaning out his truck when his hand became caught in the truck's tailgate, resulting in a fractured bone in his hand.
2021-02-07	Carlisle	Pa	John W. Gleim Jr. Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was loading bags of salt into the bed of the pickup truck. The employee closed the tailgate, catching their finger between the tailgate and the job box and resulting in a partial amputation of the left ring finger.
2021-01-10	La Porte	Tx	CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was offloading material from a truck. The employee opened the tailgate to remove material, was caught between the tailgate and a wall, and fell to the floor. The employee suffered a broken tibia and a laceration to the leg.
2021-01-08	Bronx	Ny	SIMS Metal East, LLC	Scalp	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was at the rear of a dump truck, inspecting its load. As the dump body was lowered, the chain securing the tailgate disconnected from the chain lock, enabling the tailgate to swing free and strike the employee from behind. He was knocked to the ground and suffered a laceration to the top of head that required sutures and staples. He was hospitalized.
2020-10-13	Jacksonville	Fl	WHC	Brain	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
On October 13, 2020, an employee was riding on the tailgate of a pickup truck. The truck went over a bump and the employee fell striking his head on the concrete parking lot. The employee suffered a skull fracture and bleeding in the brain.
2020-10-06	Dover	Oh	Kimble Recycling and Disposal, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
On October 6, 2020, at approximately 10:45 AM, an employee was cleaning the tailgate on a semi-trailer. While shutting the door, the employee's finger got caught in the barn door hinge. The employee sustained an amputation to the right index finger.
2020-09-01	Weldona	Co	Coastal Chemical Co. L.L.C.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was moving drums in the bed of a pickup. He fell from the tailgate, landing on his back and striking his head on the concrete ground. He suffered a contusion to the back of the head and bleeding in the brain.
2020-08-06	Mill Hall	Pa	Glen O Hawbaker	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was closing a vehicle's tailgate. The employee's right little finger was caught in the latch mechanism and was partially amputated.
2020-08-06	Temple	Tx	Miller Springs Materials	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Two employees were securing a tarp to a dump trailer. The tailgate smashed one employee's left little finger, causing an amputation of the fingertip.
2020-07-21	Meredith	New Hampshir	Ambrose Bros., Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was standing nearby while a dump truck dumped a load of gravel. The employee tried to manually remove a rock that was stuck in the tailgate and suffered a fingertip amputation.
2020-07-20	Braintree	Massachusett	Arden Engineering	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was lowering a bundle of PVC pipe links with a truck's tailgate when his hand was caught between the lift gate chain and the lift gate. His right index finger was fractured.
2020-06-30	Orlando	Florida	Irby Construction Company	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was trying to clear rock from the manual tailgate of a dump truck when the tailgate fell and caught his fingers between it and the bed of the truck, resulting in the amputation of his right middle and ring fingertips.
2020-05-28	Norfolk	New York	ST Trucking LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
After delivering a load of stone to the jobsite, the driver of the dump truck was checking to see why the tailgate of the dump truck was not closing properly. When he pushed the tailgate, it returned, trapping the fingers on his left hand between the bed and the gate. The ring and middle fingers were amputated to the first joint.
2020-05-18	Rego Park	New York	Costco Wholesale	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was bringing shopping carts into the warehouse and began to separate two carts that were together. When the carts separated, a cart tailgate fell and pinched his right ring finger, resulting in a medical fingertip amputation.
2020-03-31	Brockton	Massachusett	VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER	Leg(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was moving a chair from the bed of a pickup truck to a loading dock. He stepped into a gap between the tailgate and the loading dock and fell into the truck bed. His right leg was trapped in the gap and broken. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2020-01-10	Alice	Texas	Fesco	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was lowering a pickup truck's tail gate when his right ring finger was caught between a cable and the tailgate's upper rail. The fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.
2019-09-03	Newark	New York	El - Vi Farms	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder while working on the tailgate of a dump truck. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a broken pelvis.
2019-08-16	New Britain	Connecticut	Guida-Seibert Dairy, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was leaving a truck at the end of his shift. As he climbed down the stairs built into the tailgate, he slipped, hit his forehead on the truck (suffering a forehead laceration that required stitches), and then fell backwards to the ground, breaking his left wrist.
2019-08-01	Topeka	Kansas	KOSS CONSTRUCTION CO.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was cleaning cement off an end dump trailer's tailgate latch. The tailgate closed, pinching the employee's left ring finger between the gate pin and the latch and amputating the fingertip just above the nailbed.
2019-06-14	Newtown	Ohio	Jerry Ritter Trucking, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On June 14, 2019, an employee was dumping approximately 3 tons of asphalt that was left inside the bed of a dump truck from the night before. The employee raised the dump truck and then exited the truck. While the employee was standing at the rear of the truck, the asphalt broke loose and fell onto the employee, pinning the employee between the pavement and the tailgate of the dump truck. The employee suffered burns, lacerations, broken bones, and the amputation of toes.
2019-05-20	Yonkers	New York	ELQ Industries Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Tri-axle dump trucks were importing stone to the worksite. After one of the trucks emptied its load the injured employee noticed stone on the tail of the body where the tailgate would close. The employee notified the driver who, again, raised and lowered the bed of the tri-axle to dislodge the debris. When the bed lowered the employee's left hand was caught in a pinch point between the truck body and the tailgate resulting in amputation of the middle and ring fingertips.
2019-04-30	Broussard	Louisiana	National Oilwell Varco Tuboscope	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
Just before 5:00PM, several employees were heading to the front office to clock out. Employee #1 used a company yard truck to drive to the front office. The tailgate of the company yard truck was down at the time. Employee #2 was walking and jumped onto the tailgate and then fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-04-09	Wickliffe	Ohio	PIRC COMPANY LANDSCAPING	Brain	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
A tailgate fell, striking an employee in the head. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-03-04	North Castle	New York	Danella Construction Corporation of New York	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
While putting a truck bed in the horizontal position, an employee noticed it was not latching properly. While he was investigating, the tailgate released, crushing his left middle and ring fingers against the bed and amputating them.
2019-01-31	Lakeland	Florida	Bass Enterprises, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
A dump truck tailgate was elevated, wedged, and would not work correctly. An employee tried to free the tailgate by removing a clump of clay when the tailgate came down and pinched his left middle and ring fingers, amputating them below the nail.
2018-09-17	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	Journey Group Companies	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A spreader chain was holding a tailgate open. The employee pulled the chain out while the employee's finger was between a box and the gate. The tailgate then smashed and severed the employee's right ring fingernail and index finger at the distal joint.
2018-08-15	Tredyffrin	Pennsylvania	Wampole-Miller, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was unloading the back of a triaxle truck when the tailgate would not lock due to excess material in the bed of the truck. He placed his left hand on the side of the tailgate and his right hand on the latch to open the tailgate. The tailgate opened briefly and then closed immediately, catching his ring and middle fingertips. As a result, his left middle fingertip was amputated.
2018-06-26	Rochester	New York	Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc.	Brain	Fall on same level
An employee was in a loading dock, staging and sorting auto parts. He slipped or tripped on tailgate liners that had fallen to the concrete floor, striking his head against the floor.
2018-06-05	Austin	Texas	Elitecurb and Concrete, LLC.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was offloading tools from the pickup truck bed when the tailgate extender fell striking his left ring finger and amputating the fingertip.
2018-04-19	Lee	Florida	ARD Contracting, Inc.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On April 19, 2018, at around 9:00 AM, an employee was standing on the tailgate at the back of his pickup truck trying to get something out when he slipped and fell backwards off the truck to the ground. The employee was admitted to the hospital due to a fractured vertebrae and compressed lower back disc.
2018-03-29	Barrigada	Guam	Guam National Guard Readiness Center	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was conducting truck maintenance when his left index finger was caught between the truck bed tailgate and a floor jack, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-03-05	Fayetteville	Arkansas	DAUGHERTY & DAUGHERTY INVESTMENTS LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was being trained by a second employee on how to close a golf cart tailgate when the second employee closed the tail gate on the employee's left ring finger, amputating the fingertip.
2018-02-27	Warren	Ohio	Sandy's Tire Sales, Inc.	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Three employees were moving a large tire from the bed of one pickup truck to another. The trucks were backed up to each other with the tailgates down. As the tire was being rolled from one truck to the other, it caught on the lip of the tailgate and started to fall. At this time, the injured employee was either knocked over or fell over and his hip struck the tailgate. He suffered a fractured pelvis.
2018-01-22	Seffner	Florida	Moyer Trucks & Equipment Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was sitting on the tailgate of a moving pickup truck when the employee fell to the dirt ground, suffering a fractured left hip.
2017-10-03	Winesburg	Ohio	Galion Godwin Truck Body	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was lowering a tailgate when his right middle finger was caught and amputated in the area where the tailgate hinged.
2017-09-27	Uhrichsville	Ohio	Haugh Construction, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
While dropping a tailgate on a dump truck, an employee's hand was caught between the tailgate and chain, amputating the right index finger.
2017-09-06	Chicago	Illinois	Legacy Underground Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee's hand was caught between the tailgate and the truck as he tried opening it with his hands. A finger was injured requiring stitches.
2017-08-31	East Claridon	Ohio	THE ARMS TRUCKING COMPANY	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee's left thumb was caught in the closing tailgate of his truck, amputating it at the first knuckle.
2017-08-31	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	A. Merante Contracting, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was unloading a piece of pipe from a dump truck when the truck moved forward and he slipped. As he slipped, he gave a stopping motion to the driver. The driver stopped suddenly, and the truck tailgate came down and amputated the employee's right pinky finger.
2017-08-25	Jacksonville	Florida	Aerosteam Carpet & Upholstery Care, LLC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing off the bed of a pickup truck when she missed a step onto the tailgate and fell to the ground, breaking her left hip, left femur, and left wrist. She was hospitalized.
2017-08-18	Eau Claire	Wisconsin	Veritas Steel LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
On August 18, 2017, an employee was leveling a yard and dumping rock from a dump truck bed. While attempting to close the tailgate, the employee discovered a rock was lodged in the tailgate. The employee lifted the tailgate, which released the rock. The tailgate then came down and pinned the employee's right index finger against the dump truck bed. The employee was hospitalized and the finger was amputated to the first knuckle.
2017-08-15	New Hyde Park	New York	Allied Universal Security	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was standing at the back of a truck watching the truck driver load a dolly of shrink wrapped boxes containing printer paper. The driver pushed the dolly onto the truck tailgate and raised the tailgate to the truck bed. The shrink wrap gave way and the boxes fell off the tailgate, striking the employee and knocking him to the ground. He broke his leg and suffered a bump on his head.
2017-07-21	Oberlin	Ohio	R & J Trucking, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
On July 21, 2017, at approximately 8:30 a.m., an employee and a coworker were pulling a dump bed out of a tractor trailer dump truck when the employee's right middle finger was caught and lacerated between the dump bed and the truck's tailgate. She was hospitalized.
2017-07-07	Newton	Massachusett	WT Rich	Fingertip(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
A truck driver backed up, stopped, and put the vehicle into park. The injured employee lowered the tailgate. At the same time, the truck settled and rolled back. The employee's index fingertip was then caught and amputated between the truck and the adjacent wall of the building.
2017-06-16	Yonkers	New York	Trade Source	Skull	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was sitting in the back of a pickup truck, which had the tailgate down, when the truck moved. The employee then fell about 3 feet to the concrete ground, hitting the back of her head. She suffered bruising and two head fractures.
2017-06-01	Miami	Florida	DOWNRITE ENGINEERING CORP.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport
An employee was opening the tailgate to a dump truck when it crushed the employee's right middle finger.
2017-05-16	Tampa	Florida	TransCore ITS, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
A temporary employee and two coworkers were attempting to secure a tailgate onto a dump truck when one of them lost control and dropped the tailgate. It fell down on the employee's hand, amputating his left middle fingertip (to the cuticle) and fracturing his ring fingertip.
2017-04-07	Ellsworth	Maine	THE JACKSON LABORATORY	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was loading supplies into a truck and closing the tailgate when his right ring finger was caught in the tailgate, amputating his fingertip.
2017-03-02	Glen Rose	Texas	Gosdin's Dozer Service, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing rubble from the tailgate of a dump truck when his hand was smashed in the tailgate resulting in amputation of the left ring finger.
2016-10-17	New Johnsonville	Tennessee	AECOM	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was removing spoils from the tailgate of a dump truck using a scraper (flat shovel). While maneuvering near the tailgate, he tripped over a dirt clod roughly the size of a basketball and fell on the ground. He got up and fell again, breaking his left ankle, tibia, and fibula and requiring surgery.
2016-09-22	Green Bay	Wisconsin	Vinton Construction Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was hauling sand in a dump truck. He dumped the truck load of sand and was attempting to close the tailgate on the back of the truck. The tailgate failed to close completely. The employee attempted to pull the tailgate away from the vehicle to create momentum from the swing to close it. His hand was positioned on the bottom of the tailgate and as it swung toward the truck, it created a pinch point. His left hand was pinched between the tailgate and the vehicle frame, causing fracture
2016-09-08	Penfield	Pennsylvania	Glenn O Hawbaker, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was cleaning asphalt material from the back of a truck with a scraper when the truck's tailgate moved and trapped his right pinky finger in a pinch point, amputating it to the second joint.
2016-09-07	Mount Ephraim	New Jersey	ALLIANCE VINYL WINDOWS CO., INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was standing to the left side of a truck adjacent to the lift gate with his right hand stabilizing a window and left hand on the edge of the truck bed when a coworker raised the lift gate. His left thumb was caught between the lift gate and the truck's tailgate, causing a deep cut that required hospitalization.
2016-08-13	Beaumont	Texas	Hussmann Services Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was lowering a 300-pound refrigeration compressor from the tailgate of a pickup truck to a steel dolly with a helper when the employee's finger was caught between the compressor and the dolly. The employee suffered a bone fracture of the right pinky finger and an open wound on the top and bottom of the pinky.
2016-06-07	Bloomingburg	New York	Action Environmental Group	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Employee's left pinky finger was amputated by the tailgate of a truck.
2016-05-13	Columbus	Nebraska	MMC Contractors	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was loading his pickup truck. While waiting for an inspector, he decided to clean some trash out of the bed of his truck. A gust of wind then came along and blew the employee off the tailgate of the truck. He lost his balance and fell to the ground, fracturing his left leg and requiring hospitalization.
2016-03-12	Houston	Texas	Continental Airlines	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was closing the tailgate to a pickup truck when his left pinky finger was caught and crushed between the tailgate and the bed of the truck.
2016-02-29	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	RL Hall and Associates, Inc	Multiple body parts	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was loading a pallet into a pick up truck using a forklift. The employee placed the pallet onto the tailgate of the pick up truck, then got off the forklift and proceeded to push the pallet into the pick up. The forklift moved forward slowly and a fork struck the employee in the arm and pinned his arm. The employee suffered two cracked ribs and a fractured forearm.
2016-02-26	San Antonio	Texas	Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was cleaning out the bed of his dump truck while holding the tailgate with his right hand when the tailgate came down on his right middle finger, amputating the fingertip (no bone loss).
2016-02-12	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	US&S-E2	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was stepping off of the tailgate of a truck when he slipped and fell, breaking his lower tibia.
2016-02-10	Napoleon	Ohio	Rent A Center	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On or about February 10, 2016, an employee was hospitalized with a left rib/lung area injury after falling from the tailgate of a delivery truck to the ground.
2015-11-19	Letona	Arkansas	MICHAEL KENNEDY CONSTRUCTION, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was operating a dump truck and another employee was outside the truck attempting to shut the tailgate. The tailgate was stuck open and the employee was pulling on the tailgate trying to get it unstuck. As the employee pulled on the tailgate, the truck moved forward and the tailgate shut on the employee's hand resulting in amputation of the left middle fingertip.
2015-11-17	Manchester	New Hampshir	LKQ Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee suffered a partial amputation to his left index finger while attempting to navigate the auto lift tailgate on the company vehicle.
2015-11-16	Trooper	Pennsylvania	JD Eckman, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was using an excavator to load concrete slabs into a dump truck. The employee's right leg got caught between the concrete slab and truck tailgate, causing soft tissue damage.
2015-11-05	Picayune	Mississippi	Rent-A-Center	Hand(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee delivering furniture suffered nerve damage to the right hand when it was caught between a sofa and the tailgate of the delivery truck.
2015-11-05	Greenville	New York	GNH Lumber	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell off the tailgate of a customer's pick up truck and injured his head.
2015-10-01	Tallmadge	Ohio	Waltco Lift Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was assembling an aluminum tailgate when the torque gun he was using to tighten bolts slipped and caught his finger. His left middle finger was amputated.
2015-08-18	Denver	Colorado	Asplundh Tree Expert Co	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was exiting the chip box of a bucket truck. When he moved his left foot off of the tailgate, his right foot slipped due to the weight shifting and he lost control of his footing. He fell and suffered internal bleeding near the kidney.
2015-08-14	Chamois	Missouri	S&S Metal Fabricators	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
On Friday, August 14, 2015, an employee was bracing a dump truck tailgate. When he removed the pins, he lost his balance and the tailgate fell over and crushed his big toe on the right foot. The toe was surgically amputated.
2015-06-04	Holly Hill	Florida	Durastone Solid Surfaces	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was moving a countertop from a delivery truck. He stepped off the tailgate and lost his footing. The countertop landed on his right pinky finger, resulting in an amputation at the hospital.
2015-06-03	Dallas	Texas	TD Industries	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was loading a duct jack in a pickup truck with other employees when he slipped and got caught on the truck's tailgate, injuring his right shin/leg. He was hospitalized.
2015-05-18	Champaign	Illinois	The Murphy Elevator Company	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee amputated the tip of his left index finger, during the closing of a hydraulic tailgate, while unloading material.
2015-04-25	Temple	Pennsylvania	Royal Green, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was helping a customer unload scrap metal at the scrap metal facility in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, when the employee's finger got caught between the tailgate. The employee sustained a left middle finger amputation just below the nail; there was no nerve damage, and the fingertip could not be reattached. The employee was wearing gloves at the time.
2015-04-20	Levelland	Texas	West Texas Services Inc.	Skull	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway
On or about 20 April 2015 at approximately 1345 hrs, an employee suffered a fractured skull and surgical removal of bone from the cranial vault. The employee was riding on the open tailgate of a moving utility cargo vehicle when he fell off of the tail gate and impacted the asphalt with his cranium (Left side frontal temporal region).
2015-03-02	Pace	Florida	LOWES HOME CENTERS, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
An employee had delivered new appliances and was loading the old appliances onto the truck. The employee's left middle finger caught in the tailgate, cutting through tendons and part of the bone.
2015-02-25	Bozrah	Connecticut	Moark, LLC	Thigh(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Employee was taking a load of manure to the manure pad to dump it. In the process of raising the trailer, the manure load froze while both of the safety latches at the bottom of the tailgate were still engaged. The employee exited the trailer and began to walk around the trailer to see why the load hadn't released. As he got near the tailgate, the manure load let loose and broke the two safety latches (1-1/4" steel rod), blowing the tailgate open. The bottom of the tailgate hit him in the leg
2015-02-09	Chicago	Illinois	NPL Construction Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing a hand temper (compaction for dirt) out of a dump truck by lifting it with a backhoe bucket. His left ring finger was pinched between the tailgate of the dump truck and the hand temper when he grabbed the hand temper as it slipped and fell off the bucket. The employee suffered some bone loss (no amputation) and incurred 100 stiches.
2015-01-17	Cleveland	Ohio	Conrads Tire Service Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell off the tailgate of a box truck while closing the back door. The employee injured his back and ribs and was hospitalized.