Incident date: 2023-09-18
NAICS industry code: 333992

An employee was helping to push a welding trailer out of the path of a truck. The trailer then rolled over a half-inch elevation change that rocked the trailer toward an electrical box. The employee's finger was pinched between the welding trailer and electrical box, resulting in a finger amputation approximately 1/2-inch from the end.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high