Incident date: 2023-03-18
NAICS industry code: 488190

An employee was wing walking an aircraft onto a taxiway. As the employee began to disconnect the towbar that connected the aircraft to a tractor, the employee's finger was pinched between the pin and the ring connecting the towbar to the tractor, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Airport utility vehicle-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high