Incident date: 2017-07-06
NAICS industry code: 484110

On July 6, 2017, at 9:30 p.m., an employee was connecting a trailer to a tractor when his left thumb tip was caught and crushed between the O-ring on the tongue and the pintle hook. His thumb tip had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high