Incident date: 2020-03-05
NAICS industry code: 237310

Employees were trying to move a roadside traffic arrow sign onto a lowboy trailer. One employee's finger was pinched between the sign's hitch and the trailer frame. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the left middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Road signs
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high