Incident date: 2017-11-30
NAICS industry code: 311411

An employee was changing a battery on a forklift when his left index finger was pinched and amputated between a spreader bar and a hook.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high