Incident date: 2017-11-07
NAICS industry code: 332439

An employee was loading a dock plate onto a trailer using a forklift and metal chain. While he was attempting to fix a dock flap on the dock plate, the plate fell and crushed his left hand/fingers, resulting in a partial amputation of his left middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high