Incident date: 2016-02-05
NAICS industry code: 336212

Three employees were moving the frame of a trailer to be placed on the bed of the trailer. The employees were guiding the frame, which was suspended from a crane. The injured employee had his finger caught between the frame and the bed of the trailer when the trailer frame was lowered into position, causing an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high