Incident date: 2024-11-27
NAICS industry code: 447110

An employee was conducting repairs on the tow hitch of a customer's recreational vehicle (RV). They were putting the trailer hitch back together when one of the pins released onto their right index finger, amputating the fingertip without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Motor home, RV
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high