Incident date: 2022-12-29
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was hooking a fifth-wheel dolly to the connector on a 28-foot trailer to create a tandem set of 28-foot trailers. The dolly moved in a pothole or divot on the ground and the employee's left hand was crushed between the dolly hitch and the connector, resulting in a left hand fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate