Incident date: 2020-09-04
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was changing a forklift battery. When the battery was dropped, the employee's left ring finger was caught between the battery and the battery box and amputated.

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