Incident date: 2018-06-04
NAICS industry code: 333924

An employee was installing a safety pin into the locking device on a trailer that was being positioned into a jig. The employee was sliding the safety pin into place while adjustments were being made to place the trailer in the correct position and her left ring finger was pinched between the trailer and the locking device resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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