Incident date: 2017-02-21
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was trying to dislodge a dock plate that was stuck to a trailer door when someone pushed the activation button for the plate. His right middle finger was then caught and possibly amputated between the dock plate and the door latch of the trailer.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high