Incident date: 2023-08-03
NAICS industry code: 325199

Employees were connecting a rescue trailer to the rescue van for training. The injured employee was pushing on the trailer coupler to align it when their finger slipped under the coupler and was pinched between it and the trailer hitch ball. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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: moderate