Incident date: 2022-03-17
NAICS industry code: 336214

An employee was moving a trailer in a yard. The trailer bumped into an empty argon cylinder; as the employee attempted to prevent the cylinder from falling, his right hand was caught between the cylinder and trailer. His index finger 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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate