Incident date: 2016-07-25
NAICS industry code: 424590

An employee's right index finger was caught and injured while installing a battery into a fork truck. The employee was utilizing a "hoist" to lower the battery and bumped the control lowering the battery too fast and pinching his finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Battery-vehicle
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high