Incident date: 2015-02-10
NAICS industry code: 336611

The injured worker was leaving the engine room and going up the ship's ladder carrying a small Shop-Vac.  He was six to eight rungs above the deck when he fell (approximately 6 feet).  While falling, he caught his finger between the vacuum and some metal part of the ship. He sustained a right middle finger avulsion (amputation) injury from the first knuckle through the nail, as well as a right index finger 90% avulsion (amputation) injury (estimated first knuckle).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high