Incident date: 2019-08-15
NAICS industry code: 453910

An employee was changing a battery in an electric pallet jack. His finger was caught between the pallet jack's frame and the battery, causing a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high