Incident date: 2018-02-20
NAICS industry code: 562119

An employee was on the ground level manually lifting the dock plate to sit on a trailer. The dock leveler was a mechanical chain driven dock leveler that would not raise completely due to a mechanical issue with the tensioner. As the employee lifted the dock plate, he was pinned between the dock plate and the trailer resulting in broken ribs and a lacerated spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate