Incident date: 2025-02-13
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was attaching a trailer to a truck hitch when their left little fingertip got crushed between the trailer ball and the hitch. The employee required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Vehicle trailers, trailing units
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: moderate