Incident date: 2022-10-11
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was helping move a dock plate. As he grabbed the edge of the dock plate, it dropped to the truck deck and pinched his left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The fingertip was surgically reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high