Incident date: 2015-11-05
NAICS industry code: 335911

An employee was lowering a battery from the shelf to a pallet approximately 2 1/2 to 3 ft. down.  The employee was holding the battery by the handle. The handle broke and the battery fell on the employee's foot crushing his toe. Part of the toe was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Battery-vehicle
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high