Incident date: 2021-07-03
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was loading a trailer with pallets of product at a warehouse dock. After stowing the dock plate, the employee entered the trailer to put some airbags in the trailer to help support the pallet loads. While exiting the trailer, the employee's leg fell into the gap between the trailer floor and the dock floor resulting in a lower leg laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate