Incident date: 2023-06-30
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was guiding the front of a cart that was carrying a truck body across a service pit while two other employees pushed from the rear. The employee was holding the tongue with a hitch attachment. As he ascended the stairs, his left little finger was caught between the hitch and the side of the top step. The employee's little finger was severed between the first and second knuckle.

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