Incident date: 2016-08-31
NAICS industry code: 311421

An employee was changing the battery on a forklift. The battery shifted and smashed the employee's left middle finger resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high