Incident date: 2020-12-14
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee was manually turning a section of a trailer on a rotating device. As the employee reached to slow the section, their left ring finger was caught in the pinch point of the rotator and trailer section. The finger was amputated between the fingernail and first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high