Incident date: 2015-04-07
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was hooking a trailer up to a truck with a coworker. The hitch got stuck; while attempting to unhook the hitch, the employee placed his hand on the hitch. The coworker lowered the trailer, and the employee's right, third fingertip got amputated after getting caught between the hitch and trailer. He was hospitalized.

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