Incident date: 2016-05-03
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee was lifting a battery out of a forklift with a hydraulic chain lift system and crushed his finger between a chain and the battery. The injury required surgical amputation of the finger.

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