Incident date: 2022-08-09
NAICS industry code: 311222

An employee was trying to redistribute the load on his trailer by adjusting/sliding the tandem wheels on the rear of the trailer. He started to pull the air release valve to release the pins, lost his balance, and had to put his hand on the tandem frame rail. The rail system caught and amputated the tip of his right middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high