Lack of training, not suitability of equipment

A fireman had been injured when his finger had been caught in the moving part of a power ram. He had been using the ram in an effort to straighten a lorry cab that had buckled in a road accident, trapping the driver who was critically injured. He had taken over the rescue attempt of a man trapped in a lorry cab from another fire service, which had taken the decision to use that type of ram. He had not been familiar with the ram as he had normally used a lighter ram.