Incident date: 2015-05-24
NAICS industry code: 424410

On May 24, 2015, an employee was removing a battery from a Crown Lift Truck with the help of a second employee. During the removal, the battery slipped and fell onto the injured employee's right hand crushing multiple fingers and amputating the right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Battery-vehicle
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high