Incident date: 2024-04-16
NAICS industry code: 221114

An employee was attempting to lift a rechargeable energy storage system weighing approximately 250 pounds onto a wall-mounted bracket. The employee was on the left side of the bracket with his hands under the storage system when it fell and crushed his left little finger, resulting in injuries that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object dropped by person
code_source: title: Batteries
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate