Incident date: 2018-03-28
NAICS industry code: 441320

On March 28, 2018, an employee was changing a battery in a fork truck. He was attempting to remove a hoist chain from the battery hook when his right thumb tip was caught and amputated between the chain and battery hook.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high