Incident date: 2024-06-16
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee was changing the battery in a forklift. As the employee hooked the hoist to the battery, the up button on the hoist controls was actuated and their index finger was caught between the hoist hook and the battery eyelet. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high