Incident date: 2023-01-26
NAICS industry code: 493190

As another employee was performing a battery change on material handling equipment, the injured employee removed a piece of debris from the housing. The injured employee's hand was caught between the battery and the battery housing. The injured employee was hospitalized, and their right ring and middle fingers were partially amputated.

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