Incident date: 2018-09-24
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was connecting a trailer to a pickup truck and pinched their left index finger between the trailer and the ball on the trailer hitch resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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