Incident date: 2023-01-16
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was unloading a trailer that contained empty hand trucks (dollies) for transporting chicks. The dollies are moved within the trailer using a cabling/winch system. The injured employee and a co-worker were attempting to loosen a cable on a winch in order to remove a hook from one of the dollies. The injured employee's finger was then pinched between the hook and the hand truck, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.

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