Incident date: 2025-07-20
NAICS industry code: 488510

An employee was tightening a turnbuckle while attempting to conduct lash-back operations on a ship when their left gloved hand was caught between the upper and lower turnbuckles. The employee suffered a crush injury to the little finger that resulted in a fingertip 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: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high