Incident date: 2025-03-25
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was removing a trailer hitch and caught their left middle finger between the tongue of the trailer and the trailer jack, resulting in an amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Vehicle trailers, trailing units
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high