Incident date: 2020-11-20
NAICS industry code: 441320

An employee was replacing a trailer suspension air spring. Tension was lost between the frame and the spacer, and the tip of the employee's left middle finger was caught between the two. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high