Incident date: 2016-09-13
NAICS industry code: 423720

An employee hopped approximately 4 feet from a loading dock down to the lower level. He stumbled and fell, lacerating his right wrist with a sharp metal object (no-hub coupling) he was holding. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate