Incident date: 2017-04-25
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was connecting a gooseneck trailer to a truck and manually adjusting the hitch onto the ball when the trailer dropped onto the ball, amputating the employee's fingertip.

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