Incident date: 2023-09-26
NAICS industry code: 423910

An employee was attempting to chain a hull to keep it from flipping when his finger was caught between the chain and hook. As the employee pulled their hand back, the right index fingertip was amputated without bone loss and the fingernail was removed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high