Incident date: 2016-01-19
NAICS industry code: 332431

An employee was transporting a battery with a hoist. The employee's left ring finger was caught between the battery and the battery cage resulting in the amputation of the left ring 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