Incident date: 2017-10-31
NAICS industry code: 488390

An employee was loading cargo flat racks onto a barge when his fingers entered the 1-inch gap between the racks and a spreader bar. The flat rack came to rest on the barge, and the spreader bar continued downward and crushed his pointer and middle fingers. His fingers were later medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
code_source: title: Barge
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high