Incident date: 2025-06-02
NAICS industry code: 493190

An employee was operating a battery extractor for a powered industrial truck and was grabbing the battery when the mass from the extractor pushed back. His right middle fingertip was pinched between the battery and the extractor resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
code_source: title: Material handling and warehousing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high