Incident date: 2015-04-23
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee grabbed the outside, top edge of the skiff's bulwark when stepping off of the pier and onto the skiff. A wave hit the side of the skiff, causing the employee to lose his balance. His finger got caught between the pier and bulwark, amputating his ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
code_source: title: Piers, wharfs
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high