Incident date: 2023-09-26
NAICS industry code: 928110

An employee was closing the tailgate/loading ramp of a 16-foot utility trailer and lining up the locking pin and hole when a bystander came over to help. As the bystander pulled the gate closed, the employee's left middle fingertip was caught in the tailgate, resulting in a fracture and broken skin. The finger was medically amputated at the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high