Incident date: 2019-12-08
NAICS industry code: 221115

An employee was attaching a trailer tongue to a truck hitch when his left index finger was caught between the trailer tongue and truck hitch, amputating it at the nailbed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
severity: high