{ "metadata": { "title": "Automatic Gate Incident Evidence Ledger", "version": "1.0", "publisher_identity": "Tucson Automatic Gate Repair Research", "site": "tucsonautomaticgaterepair.com", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "geographic_scope": "United States, with local Arizona/Tucson/Pima County context maintained on the accompanying research page", "temporal_coverage": "1985–2021 for incident/count records; CPSC reference releases dated 2001 and 2018", "description": "A source-by-source evidence ledger that separates CPSC national estimates from keyword-located OSHA workplace investigation summaries involving powered, automatic, motorized, or operator-equipped vehicular-access gates.", "methodology_summary": "CPSC statistics are transcribed as dated national snapshots with their original qualifiers. OSHA rows were retained only where the official abstract explicitly described an automatic, electric, motorized, powered, operator-equipped, or automatic-system vehicular access gate. Manual gates, garage doors, baby gates, liftgates, railroad gates, cattle crowd gates, and cases where a gate was merely present but not causal were excluded. Derived OSHA counts are summaries of this case series, not national rates.", "verification_tiers": { "★": "Read directly against the cited primary federal record and stood behind.", "●": "Compiled from a cited primary source; re-verification in progress." }, "limitations": [ "The OSHA panel is a keyword-located case series, not a census of workplace incidents and not an incidence rate.", "CPSC 2001 and 2018 figures are separate dated snapshots; they should not be plotted as a continuous time series without confirming comparable methods.", "Automatic gates have no dedicated NEISS product code; the current manual routes them to code 1871, Fences or fence posts, so narrative review is required.", "This version does not publish a self-generated current weighted NEISS estimate.", "No denominator for installed automatic gates or gate operating cycles is available in these sources.", "No publishable Pima County automatic-gate accident count was located." ], "figures_not_verified": [ "Current annual U.S. automatic-gate death count after the 2018 CPSC release", "Current state-by-state or county-by-county automatic-gate injury rates", "Current Pima County or Tucson automatic-gate accident count", "Risk per installed gate, property, vehicle passage, or operating cycle", "Injuries treated outside hospital emergency departments" ] }, "summary": { "record_count_total": 22, "cpsc_metric_rows": 8, "osha_case_rows": 14, "osha_fatal_cases": 4, "osha_fatalities": 4, "osha_amputation_or_severing_cases": 5, "osha_work_on_gate_cases": 10, "osha_reach_through_control_cases": 3 }, "records": [ { "record_id": "cpsc-2001-deaths-since-1985", "panel": "cpsc_national_snapshot", "event_or_reference_date": "2001-10-23", "period_start": "1985", "period_end": "2001-10-23", "geography": "United States", "measure": "Known automatic-gate-related deaths reported to CPSC", "value": 32, "unit": "deaths", "population_or_scope": "CPSC-known automatic-gate deaths since 1985 as reported in the 2001 release", "gate_type": "automatic sliding or swinging security gates", "powered_status": "automatic", "incident_mechanism": "multiple; CPSC release emphasizes entrapment during opening or closing", "outcome": "fatality", "fatalities": 32, "amputation_or_severing": "", "work_on_gate_activity": "", "reach_through_control": "", "source_agency": "U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission", "source_record": "New Safety Standard for Automatic Security Gates Helps Prevent Deaths and Injuries to Children", "source_url": "https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2002/New-Safety-Standard-for-Automatic-Security-Gates-Helps-Prevent-Deaths-and-Injuries-to-Children", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "Historical cumulative count; not a current annual death estimate." }, { "record_id": "cpsc-2001-child-deaths-since-1985", "panel": "cpsc_national_snapshot", "event_or_reference_date": "2001-10-23", "period_start": "1985", "period_end": "2001-10-23", "geography": "United States", "measure": "Known automatic-gate-related deaths involving children", "value": 20, "unit": "deaths", "population_or_scope": "Children among the 32 CPSC-known automatic-gate deaths since 1985", "gate_type": "automatic sliding or swinging security gates", "powered_status": "automatic", "incident_mechanism": "multiple; CPSC release emphasizes entrapment", "outcome": "fatality", "fatalities": 20, "amputation_or_severing": "", "work_on_gate_activity": "", "reach_through_control": "", "source_agency": "U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission", "source_record": "New Safety Standard for Automatic Security Gates Helps Prevent Deaths and Injuries to Children", "source_url": "https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2002/New-Safety-Standard-for-Automatic-Security-Gates-Helps-Prevent-Deaths-and-Injuries-to-Children", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "Historical subset; 20/32 = 62.5%, a derived share using rounded-free counts." }, { "record_id": "cpsc-2001-injuries-1990-2000", "panel": "cpsc_national_snapshot", "event_or_reference_date": "2001-10-23", "period_start": "1990", "period_end": "2000", "geography": "United States", "measure": "Estimated people involved in automatic-gate-related injuries", "value": 25000, "unit": "people (nearly)", "population_or_scope": "CPSC estimate for 1990 through 2000", "gate_type": "automatic sliding or swinging security gates", "powered_status": "automatic", "incident_mechanism": "multiple", "outcome": "nonfatal injury estimate", "fatalities": "", "amputation_or_severing": "", "work_on_gate_activity": "", "reach_through_control": "", "source_agency": "U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission", "source_record": "New Safety Standard for Automatic Security Gates Helps Prevent Deaths and Injuries to Children", "source_url": "https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2002/New-Safety-Standard-for-Automatic-Security-Gates-Helps-Prevent-Deaths-and-Injuries-to-Children", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "Source wording is 'nearly 25,000'; retain that qualifier in publication." }, { "record_id": "cpsc-2001-child-injuries-1990-2000", "panel": "cpsc_national_snapshot", "event_or_reference_date": "2001-10-23", "period_start": "1990", "period_end": "2000", "geography": "United States", "measure": "Estimated automatic-gate-related injuries involving children under 15", "value": 9000, "unit": "children", "population_or_scope": "Children under 15 within the CPSC 1990–2000 injury estimate", "gate_type": "automatic sliding or swinging security gates", "powered_status": "automatic", "incident_mechanism": "multiple", "outcome": "nonfatal injury estimate", "fatalities": "", "amputation_or_severing": "", "work_on_gate_activity": "", "reach_through_control": "", "source_agency": "U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission", "source_record": "New Safety Standard for Automatic Security Gates Helps Prevent Deaths and Injuries to Children", "source_url": "https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2002/New-Safety-Standard-for-Automatic-Security-Gates-Helps-Prevent-Deaths-and-Injuries-to-Children", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "9,000/25,000 is approximately 36%; denominator is itself rounded and qualified as 'nearly'." }, { "record_id": "cpsc-2001-annual-ed-injuries", "panel": "cpsc_national_snapshot", "event_or_reference_date": "2001-10-23", "period_start": "circa 1990s", "period_end": "2000", "geography": "United States", "measure": "Estimated annual hospital emergency-room treatments for automatic-gate injuries", "value": 2000, "unit": "people per year (over)", "population_or_scope": "CPSC annual estimate stated in the 2001 release", "gate_type": "automatic sliding or swinging security gates", "powered_status": "automatic", "incident_mechanism": "multiple", "outcome": "emergency-department-treated injury", "fatalities": "", "amputation_or_severing": "", "work_on_gate_activity": "", "reach_through_control": "", "source_agency": "U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission", "source_record": "New Safety Standard for Automatic Security Gates Helps Prevent Deaths and Injuries to Children", "source_url": "https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2002/New-Safety-Standard-for-Automatic-Security-Gates-Helps-Prevent-Deaths-and-Injuries-to-Children", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "Source wording is 'over 2,000'; historical estimate, not current." }, { "record_id": "cpsc-2001-annual-child-ed-injuries", "panel": "cpsc_national_snapshot", "event_or_reference_date": "2001-10-23", "period_start": "circa 1990s", "period_end": "2000", "geography": "United States", "measure": "Estimated annual hospital emergency-room treatments involving children", "value": 800, "unit": "children per year", "population_or_scope": "Children within the CPSC annual injury estimate stated in 2001", "gate_type": "automatic sliding or swinging security gates", "powered_status": "automatic", "incident_mechanism": "multiple", "outcome": "emergency-department-treated injury", "fatalities": "", "amputation_or_severing": "", "work_on_gate_activity": "", "reach_through_control": "", "source_agency": "U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission", "source_record": "New Safety Standard for Automatic Security Gates Helps Prevent Deaths and Injuries to Children", "source_url": "https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2002/New-Safety-Standard-for-Automatic-Security-Gates-Helps-Prevent-Deaths-and-Injuries-to-Children", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "Historical annual estimate; source specifies injuries to head, neck, arm, or hand." }, { "record_id": "cpsc-2018-annual-ed-injuries", "panel": "cpsc_national_snapshot", "event_or_reference_date": "2018-08-06", "period_start": "not specified", "period_end": "2018", "geography": "United States", "measure": "Estimated emergency-room injuries due to automatic gates each year", "value": 300, "unit": "injuries per year (about)", "population_or_scope": "CPSC estimate announced in Operation Safe Gate", "gate_type": "automatic security gates", "powered_status": "automatic", "incident_mechanism": "multiple", "outcome": "emergency-room-treated injury", "fatalities": "", "amputation_or_severing": "", "work_on_gate_activity": "", "reach_through_control": "", "source_agency": "U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission", "source_record": "CPSC's Operation Safe Gate", "source_url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cpscs-operation-safe-gate-wants-to-put-an-end-to-preventable-tragedies-caused-by-automatic-security-gates-300691998.html", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "Most recent automatic-gate-specific annual CPSC estimate located in this review. The source says 'about 300'." }, { "record_id": "cpsc-2018-recent-fatality-reports", "panel": "cpsc_national_snapshot", "event_or_reference_date": "2018-08-06", "period_start": "recent years; not specified", "period_end": "2018", "geography": "United States", "measure": "Fatality reports received by CPSC in recent years", "value": 4, "unit": "fatality reports", "population_or_scope": "Reports received by CPSC as of the 2018 Operation Safe Gate announcement", "gate_type": "automatic security gates", "powered_status": "automatic", "incident_mechanism": "multiple", "outcome": "fatality", "fatalities": 4, "amputation_or_severing": "", "work_on_gate_activity": "", "reach_through_control": "", "source_agency": "U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission", "source_record": "CPSC's Operation Safe Gate", "source_url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cpscs-operation-safe-gate-wants-to-put-an-end-to-preventable-tragedies-caused-by-automatic-security-gates-300691998.html", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "Not an annual rate. The source says the four reports included victims ages 8, 11, and 12." }, { "record_id": "osha-14369409", "panel": "osha_investigation_case", "event_or_reference_date": "1988-03-25", "period_start": "1988-03-25", "period_end": "1988-03-25", "geography": "United States; workplace case", "measure": "Keyword-located OSHA investigation summary", "value": 1, "unit": "case", "population_or_scope": "A completed OSHA investigation summary matching the published inclusion rules; not an incidence estimate", "gate_type": "OSCO powered slide gate", "powered_status": "electric/powered", "incident_mechanism": "caught between moving gate/post and control-box support while repairing drive mechanism", "outcome": "fatal asphyxia", "fatalities": 1, "amputation_or_severing": 0, "work_on_gate_activity": 1, "reach_through_control": 0, "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_record": "OSHA Accident Summary 14369409", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=14369409", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "OSHA reported no formal lockout procedure." }, { "record_id": "osha-170900575", "panel": "osha_investigation_case", "event_or_reference_date": "1997-07-15", "period_start": "1997-07-15", "period_end": "1997-07-15", "geography": "United States; workplace case", "measure": "Keyword-located OSHA investigation summary", "value": 1, "unit": "case", "population_or_scope": "A completed OSHA investigation summary matching the published inclusion rules; not an incidence estimate", "gate_type": "automatic parking gate", "powered_status": "automatic", "incident_mechanism": "mechanism activated while worker replaced cover; hand trapped against post", "outcome": "hospitalized; little finger surgically amputated", "fatalities": 0, "amputation_or_severing": 1, "work_on_gate_activity": 1, "reach_through_control": 0, "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_record": "OSHA Accident Summary 170900575", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=170900575", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "" }, { "record_id": "osha-200672905", "panel": "osha_investigation_case", "event_or_reference_date": "2000-08-04", "period_start": "2000-08-04", "period_end": "2000-08-04", "geography": "United States; workplace case", "measure": "Keyword-located OSHA investigation summary", "value": 1, "unit": "case", "population_or_scope": "A completed OSHA investigation summary matching the published inclusion rules; not an incidence estimate", "gate_type": "electric parking-lot gate", "powered_status": "electric/powered", "incident_mechanism": "worker reached through gate to exterior keypad; gate opened and crushed her", "outcome": "fatal traumatic asphyxia", "fatalities": 1, "amputation_or_severing": 0, "work_on_gate_activity": 0, "reach_through_control": 1, "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_record": "OSHA Accident Summary 200672905", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=200672905", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "" }, { "record_id": "osha-307166280", "panel": "osha_investigation_case", "event_or_reference_date": "2005-09-03", "period_start": "2005-09-03", "period_end": "2005-09-03", "geography": "United States; workplace case", "measure": "Keyword-located OSHA investigation summary", "value": 1, "unit": "case", "population_or_scope": "A completed OSHA investigation summary matching the published inclusion rules; not an incidence estimate", "gate_type": "500-lb rolling steel gate in automatic chain-and-sprocket unit", "powered_status": "automatic system; mechanical linkage installation incomplete", "incident_mechanism": "gate fell off track and struck worker", "outcome": "fatality", "fatalities": 1, "amputation_or_severing": 0, "work_on_gate_activity": 1, "reach_through_control": 0, "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_record": "OSHA Accident Summary 307166280", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=307166280", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "The gate was part of an automatic unit, but powered movement was not identified as the immediate mechanism." }, { "record_id": "osha-201692480", "panel": "osha_investigation_case", "event_or_reference_date": "2006-06-06", "period_start": "2006-06-06", "period_end": "2006-06-06", "geography": "United States; workplace case", "measure": "Keyword-located OSHA investigation summary", "value": 1, "unit": "case", "population_or_scope": "A completed OSHA investigation summary matching the published inclusion rules; not an incidence estimate", "gate_type": "10-by-25-foot automated access gate", "powered_status": "automatic", "incident_mechanism": "gate tipped over after the automatic eye was reactivated", "outcome": "hospitalized; vertebral compression fractures and multiple injuries", "fatalities": 0, "amputation_or_severing": 0, "work_on_gate_activity": 1, "reach_through_control": 0, "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_record": "OSHA Accident Summary 201692480", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=201692480", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "" }, { "record_id": "osha-202444246", "panel": "osha_investigation_case", "event_or_reference_date": "2006-08-03", "period_start": "2006-08-03", "period_end": "2006-08-03", "geography": "United States; workplace case", "measure": "Keyword-located OSHA investigation summary", "value": 1, "unit": "case", "population_or_scope": "A completed OSHA investigation summary matching the published inclusion rules; not an incidence estimate", "gate_type": "electric sliding gate", "powered_status": "electric/powered", "incident_mechanism": "motor started during drive-chain work; hand pulled into chain-and-sprocket nip point", "outcome": "crushed/lacerated fingers with partial amputations; fingers reattached", "fatalities": 0, "amputation_or_severing": 1, "work_on_gate_activity": 1, "reach_through_control": 0, "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_record": "OSHA Accident Summary 202444246", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=202444246", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "" }, { "record_id": "osha-202506184", "panel": "osha_investigation_case", "event_or_reference_date": "2007-08-10", "period_start": "2007-08-10", "period_end": "2007-08-10", "geography": "United States; workplace case", "measure": "Keyword-located OSHA investigation summary", "value": 1, "unit": "case", "population_or_scope": "A completed OSHA investigation summary matching the published inclusion rules; not an incidence estimate", "gate_type": "electric gate at condominium construction site", "powered_status": "electric", "incident_mechanism": "gate fell and struck superintendent in head", "outcome": "hospitalized; concussion", "fatalities": 0, "amputation_or_severing": 0, "work_on_gate_activity": 1, "reach_through_control": 0, "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_record": "OSHA Accident Summary 202506184", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=202506184", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "" }, { "record_id": "osha-202551123", "panel": "osha_investigation_case", "event_or_reference_date": "2010-01-12", "period_start": "2010-01-12", "period_end": "2010-01-12", "geography": "United States; workplace case", "measure": "Keyword-located OSHA investigation summary", "value": 1, "unit": "case", "population_or_scope": "A completed OSHA investigation summary matching the published inclusion rules; not an incidence estimate", "gate_type": "remotely activated security gate", "powered_status": "automatic/remote-controlled", "incident_mechanism": "driver reached through opening to keypad as another worker activated gate remotely", "outcome": "hospitalized; finger fracture", "fatalities": 0, "amputation_or_severing": 0, "work_on_gate_activity": 0, "reach_through_control": 1, "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_record": "OSHA Accident Summary 202551123", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=202551123", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "" }, { "record_id": "osha-78190.015", "panel": "osha_investigation_case", "event_or_reference_date": "2015-07-18", "period_start": "2015-07-18", "period_end": "2015-07-18", "geography": "United States; workplace case", "measure": "Keyword-located OSHA investigation summary", "value": 1, "unit": "case", "population_or_scope": "A completed OSHA investigation summary matching the published inclusion rules; not an incidence estimate", "gate_type": "motorized security gate", "powered_status": "motorized", "incident_mechanism": "worker reached through gate to card reader and was pinned between gate and electrical box", "outcome": "fatal asphyxia", "fatalities": 1, "amputation_or_severing": 0, "work_on_gate_activity": 0, "reach_through_control": 1, "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_record": "OSHA Accident Summary 78190.015", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=78190.015", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "" }, { "record_id": "osha-99991.015", "panel": "osha_investigation_case", "event_or_reference_date": "2017-10-11", "period_start": "2017-10-11", "period_end": "2017-10-11", "geography": "United States; workplace case", "measure": "Keyword-located OSHA investigation summary", "value": 1, "unit": "case", "population_or_scope": "A completed OSHA investigation summary matching the published inclusion rules; not an incidence estimate", "gate_type": "powered gate opener", "powered_status": "powered", "incident_mechanism": "machine activated during troubleshooting; fingers caught in chain and sprocket", "outcome": "partial amputations of two fingers", "fatalities": 0, "amputation_or_severing": 1, "work_on_gate_activity": 1, "reach_through_control": 0, "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_record": "OSHA Accident Summary 99991.015", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=99991.015", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "" }, { "record_id": "osha-120269.015", "panel": "osha_investigation_case", "event_or_reference_date": "2019-06-28", "period_start": "2019-06-28", "period_end": "2019-06-28", "geography": "United States; workplace case", "measure": "Keyword-located OSHA investigation summary", "value": 1, "unit": "case", "population_or_scope": "A completed OSHA investigation summary matching the published inclusion rules; not an incidence estimate", "gate_type": "automatic parking barrier arm", "powered_status": "automatic", "incident_mechanism": "raised barrier arm descended earlier than worker expected and struck head", "outcome": "non-hospitalized minor head injury", "fatalities": 0, "amputation_or_severing": 0, "work_on_gate_activity": 0, "reach_through_control": 0, "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_record": "OSHA Accident Summary 120269.015", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=120269.015", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "Barrier-arm case retained as a separately identifiable automatic vehicular-access device." }, { "record_id": "osha-127473.015", "panel": "osha_investigation_case", "event_or_reference_date": "2020-01-27", "period_start": "2020-01-27", "period_end": "2020-01-27", "geography": "United States; workplace case", "measure": "Keyword-located OSHA investigation summary", "value": 1, "unit": "case", "population_or_scope": "A completed OSHA investigation summary matching the published inclusion rules; not an incidence estimate", "gate_type": "gate operator under installation", "powered_status": "operator installation; powered movement not stated", "incident_mechanism": "hand caught between gate frame and roller during installation", "outcome": "hospitalized; crushed finger and palm laceration", "fatalities": 0, "amputation_or_severing": 0, "work_on_gate_activity": 1, "reach_through_control": 0, "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_record": "OSHA Accident Summary 127473.015", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=127473.015", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "" }, { "record_id": "osha-133524.015", "panel": "osha_investigation_case", "event_or_reference_date": "2021-02-19", "period_start": "2021-02-19", "period_end": "2021-02-19", "geography": "United States; workplace case", "measure": "Keyword-located OSHA investigation summary", "value": 1, "unit": "case", "population_or_scope": "A completed OSHA investigation summary matching the published inclusion rules; not an incidence estimate", "gate_type": "automatic gate", "powered_status": "automatic", "incident_mechanism": "finger caught in guided roller while clearing snow around stuck gate", "outcome": "non-hospitalized; fingertip portion severed and nail avulsed", "fatalities": 0, "amputation_or_severing": 1, "work_on_gate_activity": 1, "reach_through_control": 0, "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_record": "OSHA Accident Summary 133524.015", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=133524.015", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "" }, { "record_id": "osha-140642.015", "panel": "osha_investigation_case", "event_or_reference_date": "2021-10-19", "period_start": "2021-10-19", "period_end": "2021-10-19", "geography": "United States; workplace case", "measure": "Keyword-located OSHA investigation summary", "value": 1, "unit": "case", "population_or_scope": "A completed OSHA investigation summary matching the published inclusion rules; not an incidence estimate", "gate_type": "motorized slide-gate operator", "powered_status": "motorized", "incident_mechanism": "finger caught in pulley assembly during troubleshooting", "outcome": "non-hospitalized; partial index-finger amputation", "fatalities": 0, "amputation_or_severing": 1, "work_on_gate_activity": 1, "reach_through_control": 0, "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_record": "OSHA Accident Summary 140642.015", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=140642.015", "verification_tier": "★", "verified_date": "2026-07-25", "notes": "" } ] }