Incident date: 2015-08-18
NAICS industry code: 532490

An employee was doing a service check on a tilt bed trailer. The employee went to the front of the trailer to lock it in place so it wouldn't tilt. There was a small gap in the neck of trailer. A coworker stepped onto the back of the trailer and the trailer went upward, crushing and amputating the employee's finger.

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