Incident date: 2023-11-24
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was assisting a truck driver on the dock plate of a dock lift. The truck pulled forward from the dock, causing the dock plate to fall lower than normal. The employee stumbled and fell from the dock to the ground, resulting in ankle and elbow injuries that required hospitalization.

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: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate