Incident date: 2024-06-07
NAICS industry code: 336611

A mechanic was lowering a vertical launch system (VLS) cover when they slipped on the side shell and their finger became caught between the work platform frame and grating. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the right middle finger through part of the nail bed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle
code_source: title: Water vehicle  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high