Incident date: 2023-05-24
NAICS industry code: 336999

An employee had just completed loading a trailer and went to raise the dock leveler when the dock unlock button was pressed. The truck pulled away, causing the dock plate to fall and the employee fell 3-4 feet from the ramp to the pavement below, sustaining a lower left leg fracture. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate