Incident date: 2021-04-23
NAICS industry code: 512110

An employee was attaching a trailer hitch to the ball on a vehicle. The employee's left index finger was crushed between the ball and the hitch, causing 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