Incident date: 2021-11-03
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was hitching a trailer to a generator. As the generator hitch was set on the edge of the truck hitch, it slipped and caught the employee's fingertip. The fingertip and fingernail were amputated (without bone loss).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Generators
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high