Incident date: 2018-03-15
NAICS industry code: 423990

An employee was adjusting a dock leveler that was jammed when a third-party employee stepped on the dock plate, causing it to drop on the employee's right hand. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the right pinky and ring fingers, requiring surgery.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate