Incident date: 2018-12-28
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was handling a chain binder that was positioned between the gap of two deck plates inside the hold of a ship. The fourth distal phalange was pinched between the blade of a forklift and the chain binder that was being held causing an amputation injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
code_source: title: Water vehicle, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high