Incident date: 2016-08-08
NAICS industry code: 452990

An employee was trying to readjust a trailer hitch when the employee's finger was caught and partially amputated between the trailer hitch and the ball of the truck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high