Incident date: 2016-12-15
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was attempting to hook up a ground heater to a truck, but the trailer wasn't hooking up properly. His finger was between the ball hitch and receiver when the trailer dropped onto the hitch, pinching his left ring finger. His fingertip was amputated.

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