Incident date: 2019-09-10
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was using a crane to unload a windmill. As the employee was hooking a safety latch to the corner casting of a windmill, the vessel where the employee was working moved a little, creating tension on the hook. The employee's left ring finger was caught in the safety latch, fractured, and the fingertip was amputated without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
code_source: title: Water vehicle, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high