Incident date: 2024-09-19
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was picking up a forklift charger with his left hand and dropped it onto his right hand, pinching his right index finger between the charger and the forklift frame. One quarter inch of the finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object dropped by person
code_source: title: Battery charging equipment
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high