Incident date: 2016-12-31
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was unhooking a trailer from the truck and was pulling the 5th wheel pin to drop the trailer. The trailer was on a slight incline and when he pulled the pin, the trailer slid and dropped catching his right hand and causing lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate