Incident date: 2017-12-11
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was pulling a trailer away from a dock when the dock plate became stuck between the trailer and dock. The employee then used an aluminum pipe to dislodge the dock plate. It fell and struck him, pinning his right leg to the wall of the dock.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate