Incident date: 2023-05-31
NAICS industry code: 238190

The employee was lowering a trailer hitch onto the receiver ball to connect the trailer to the truck. During the alignment, the trailer moved, causing the employee's finger to become caught between the trailer and the receiver ball. The employee's middle finger was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate