Incident date: 2022-06-13
NAICS industry code: 488510

An employee was pulling on a heavy line with the assistance of a powered capstan, which was attached to a barge tow chain. The capstan suddenly pulled the line in, catching and crushing the employee's fingers and resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high