Incident date: 2020-08-18
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was next to the "little blue cars" at a shipyard. When the cars were pushed under a strongback (a wooden block) that was supporting a unit, the block was pushed off and fell onto the employee's left hand. He suffered a partial amputation of the middle fingertip, as well as open fractures of the middle and ring fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high