Incident date: 2016-02-02
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was helping to install a marine loading arm.  As he stood near the base of the loading arm, the weight shifted and struck him, causing his right-hand index finger to be caught and amputated between the base of the loading arm and a piece of pipe.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high