Incident date: 2023-07-26
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was hooking a trailer to a hitch when their left fingers were caught between the trailer and the ball on the hitch, resulting in fingertip amputations.

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