Incident date: 2022-01-05
NAICS industry code: 333120

An employee was constructing a hitch. The employee was about to attach a steel plate, which was on end supported by a piece of wood; the employee's left hand was on the hitch. The plate fell, and the employee's left thumb was crushed between the wood block and the hitch.

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: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate