Incident date: 2016-11-10
NAICS industry code: 336413

An employee was attempting to unhook an aircraft tow bar from an aircraft tug when a coworker put the tug in neutral. The tug lurched slightly and the mechanism that secured the tow bar closed onto the employee's right thumb, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Airport utility vehicle-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate