Incident date: 2016-06-29
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was on a scaffold using a chain fall to remove the manway cover to a vessel. As the employee removed the manway cover, the chain fall had too much slack and slipped, catching and amputating the employee's left middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high