Incident date: 2024-08-02
NAICS industry code: 236118

An employee was spotting the delivery of a generator when the trailer jack collapsed and the generator trailer dropped to the ground, pinching his right little finger between the hitch and the ground. The employee sustained a severe laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle trailers, trailing units
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate