Incident date: 2025-07-27
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was working inside the cargo hold of a cargo ship, discharging steel slabs. The slabs (approximately 4 feet by 20 feet) were being hoisted by a powered industrial truck (PIT) equipped with an electromagnetic lifting device. The lifting device failed and released a steel slab that struck the employee's right foot. The employee sustained injuries to their big toe, including partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle
code_source: title: Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high