Incident date: 2024-09-05
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was getting ready to unload a trailer at a dock door. He was opening the door when his left ring finger was caught between the dock plate and the floor and amputated to the midpoint of the distal phalanx.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high