Incident date: 2020-12-07
NAICS industry code: 811412

An employee was trying to release the mechanical hold down for a dock plate while a forklift lifted the plate up so that the employee could access the area. When the hold down was released, the forklift moved from under the dock plate, allowing it to fall onto employee. The employee suffered two broken ribs, a laceration to his liver, and injury to his diaphragm.

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: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate