Incident date: 2025-01-07
NAICS industry code: 484121

On January 7, 2025, an employee was putting the flipper (metal hinged plate) down on the deck of his car hauling trailer to bridge the deck gap for positioning vehicles. The employee's right middle finger became caught between the flipper and the deck, resulting in a tissue amputation to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Vehicle trailers, trailing units
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high