Incident date: 2018-01-04
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was changing a truck battery with a clamp when his finger became caught between the battery and clamp. As he pulled his hand back, his left middle finger was lacerated, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Battery-vehicle
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate