Incident date: 2025-07-09
NAICS industry code: 425120

An employee was reversing a transport truck out of a parking space when the side mirror of the truck contacted another tractor and it folded inward. The employee went to fold the mirror back out and their left ring finger slipped into a recessed area of the adjusting mechanism, causing the mirror base to amputate his left ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Other semi, tractor-trailer
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high