Incident date: 2022-03-25
NAICS industry code: 484122

An employee was holding a connection point handle while hooking up two semi-trailers when his hand got caught between the hookup point and the pintle, resulting in a thumb 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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high