Incident date: 2015-07-17
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was picking up some battery cells from the floor of the shop using a forklift. The battery cells were being secured by the employee, but the batteries slid off and his hand got caught between the battery and the floor. He was wearing gloves. The fleshy part of the finger was severed from the hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Batteries other than automotive
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high