Incident date: 2025-03-18
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was attaching a pintle hitch to a truck hitch in order to load a trailer. The employee's index finger was pinched between the hitches, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Vehicle trailers, trailing units
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high