Incident date: 2016-06-17
NAICS industry code: 481212

An employee was working on a trailer gate air ram. A pin was too small for the arm of the ram, so the employee attempted to remove the pin. When the pin was removed, the ram moved and amputated his right-hand middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high