Incident date: 2021-03-27
NAICS industry code: 451110

An employee was prepping an outboard boat motor for a customer and testing all features. The motor got stuck in the tilted position. The employee was trying to free the tilt lock when the lock freed itself and the motor struck the employee's fingers while they were in the hinge area resulting in amputation of the employee's right pinky fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high