Incident date: 2019-07-29
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was helping guide a fiberglass barge cover as it was lowered onto a hopper barge. The employee's right middle finger was pinched between the cover and the steel barge coaming wall, causing an amputation of the end of the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high