Incident date: 2020-02-11
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was helping building maintenance install a new dock plate. While the employee was installing the dock plate by hand, the dock plate shifted and caught the employee's gloved hand, pinching it between the new dock plate and the concrete dock. As a result, the employee's right thumb tip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high