Incident date: 2023-05-29
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was offloading a vessel. As the employee went to remove a strap hanging from the bottom of the load, the load shifted and crushed the employee's left thumb. The employee's thumb tip was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high