Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN
Employer Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding Report ID 2022076419
Address 605 North 3rd Avenue City, State ZIP STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN 54235
Event Date July 22, 2022 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
Secondary Source Movable ladders, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 336611 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 44.84000, -87.38000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using a portable ladder to position and tack-weld steel panels onto sections of a ship. A panel was suspended from an overhead crane, and the employee was positioning it. As he was ratcheting the panel, it pinched his thumb against the ladder. The tip of the thumb was amputated above the nail.

Incident Summary

On July 22, 2022, a worker at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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