Incident date: 2020-12-30
NAICS industry code: 423210

An employee was changing the battery on a forklift when her left middle and ring fingers were caught between the battery and the structure. The middle fingertip was amputated and the ring finger sustained a laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Battery-vehicle
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high