Incident date: 2024-06-28
NAICS industry code: 311613

An employee was washing out a trailer. He unlatched the turnbuckles and released the air. He then went behind the trailer to lift the tailgate. As he lifted the tailgate, he used his left hand to push the turnbuckle into position between the tailgate and the trailer. The tailgate slipped out of the employee's right hand and his little finger was caught between the turnbuckle and the trailer resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
code_source: title: Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high