April 11, 2006
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gilvin-Terrill Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was trying to release a rock that was caught in a tailgate of a dump truck; as he pulled on the tailgate the rock released catching his left hand index finger between the tailgate and the rock. The rock smashed the tip of his finger causing a fracture. Employee did not use a pry bar to open the tailgate as instructed in previous training.