Incident date: 2019-08-14
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was hooking up a trailer to a vehicle. The hitch slipped and the employee's right index finger was caught between the hitch and the trailer. The tip was amputated to the first knuckle.

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