Incident date: 2017-11-07
NAICS industry code: 561210

On 11/7/2017, an employee was hitching a trailer to a vehicle when the trailer hitch slipped, smashing and amputating the employee's left ring finger above the second knuckle.

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: high