Incident date: 2018-01-15
NAICS industry code: 337122

An employee was removing a battery from a forklift using an overhead hoist when her left middle finger was pinched and partially amputated between the hoist hook and the lifting ear.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high