Incident date: 2022-04-06
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was working near a machine with a spherical hammer grab moving debris from a barge to land. The employee's right index finger was caught in the jaws of the spherical hammer grab and amputated at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high