Incident date: 2023-12-05
NAICS industry code: 332420

An employee was loading a portable storage container onto a dovetail trailer. This requires hooking up a bridle to the container and lifting the container enough for the dovetail to begin to slide under it. The employee reached and held the bridle lock to allow the trailer to move under it when the trailer moved backward instead of forward and caught his finger. The employee's right middle finger was amputated between the fingernail and the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high