Incident date: 2017-09-20
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was attempting to unlock a cargo container twist lock as the container was being lowered onto a trailer. The right middle and index fingers were caught between the cargo container and the trailer resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high