Incident date: 2019-10-22
NAICS industry code: 327310

An employee was handling a rope (tagline) while removing a lid from a barge. A gust of wind moved the barge lid, causing the rope to jerk around the employee's thumb and resulting in an amputation of the right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high