Incident date: 2023-01-09
NAICS industry code: 532412

An employee was loading a light tower onto a gooseneck trailer. When he pivoted the trailer jack up to lay the tongue of the light tower down, his finger became pinched between the light tower coupler and the wooden deck on the trailer. He sustained a left middle fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Towers, poles, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high