Incident date: 2017-10-23
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was securing a trailer to a truck with a hitch when another employee bumped the trailer with a piece of equipment, pushing the trailer forward. The first employee's left thumb was caught and crushed between the trailer and the truck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate