Incident date: 2019-06-18
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was working 4 to 5 miles offshore on board a utility vessel and helping to retrieve a box core (device that goes to the bottom to scoop sediment) when his fingers were caught in a 24-volt winch, resulting in the partial amputation of his left ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
code_source: title: Water vehicle, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high