Incident date: 2020-03-02
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was greasing a trailer at a loading dock. A forklift entered the trailer causing the trailer to bounce and the height locking mechanism to disengage. The trailer frame then came down on the axel and the employee's left middle finger was caught and crushed between the axel and frame. The injury led to an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high