Incident date: 2018-06-20
NAICS industry code: 423310

An employee was connecting a gooseneck trailer to the ball hitch of a pickup truck. As the trailer was being shifted into place, his left middle fingertip was pinched and severed between the trailer and hitch.

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