Incident date: 2020-02-10
NAICS industry code: 114119

An employee was working as a net mender, tasked with positioning the nets for fishing operations. While the employee was wrapping a rope around the cathead to position the net, his left hand was caught in the cathead and he was wrapped around the cathead several times. The employee was hospitalized with a lacerated left forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
code_source: title: Commercial fishing vessel
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate