Incident date: 2024-01-10
NAICS industry code: 237990

On January 10, 2024, an employee was working on a tender boat to tie off a hopper barge when his right hand was caught between the float pipe and the push knee of the barge. The employee was hospitalized and the tip of his right thumb was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision between water vehicles
code_source: title: Motorboat, motorized yacht
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high