Incident date: 2019-07-29
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was disconnecting the back trailer from the converter dolly on the truck. There are hooked safety chains between the trailer and the converter dolly. The trailer dropped and pulled a safety chain tight. The chain caught his finger and caused the amputation of the right index finger to the second joint.

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