Incident date: 2024-10-15
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was preparing to load a trailer in the shipping department and placed a wheel chock on a trailer. He was then descending the dock using the safety chain on a stanchion when the chain broke and he fell approximately 4 feet backward onto the dock floor. The employee was hospitalized with a back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate