Incident date: 2022-11-15
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was rolling down the side curtains of a flatbed trailer when the handle of the revolving cover began spinning rapidly, striking the employee on the thumb. The employee sustained an amputation to the tip of the left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high