Incident date: 2024-11-19
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was hooking a trailer to a tandem trailer when the pin got stuck, and they went under the trailer to hit the pin with a hammer. Once the pin was loose, the trailer moved forward, severing the employee's right ear and causing a large gash to the right side of his head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
code_source: title: Vehicle trailers, trailing units
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Ear(s)
severity: high