Incident date: 2022-11-16
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was attaching a trailer coupler to a trailer hitch on the truck when their finger became caught between the coupler and hitch, resulting in an amputation of the right index 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), n.e.c.
severity: high