Incident date: 2017-06-12
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was unloading a trailer at the dock. As the employee was unloading two wire cages from the trailer, the employee's right ring finger was pinched between the two containers resulting in a fracture, loss of the fingernail and amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cages, cage racks
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high