Incident date: 2022-07-22
NAICS industry code: 561431

An employee was coupling a trailer with a ball hitch. When he repositioned himself he adjusted his hand, and the hitch dropped into place and amputated the tip of his 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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high