Incident date: 2022-08-23
NAICS industry code: 325920

An employee had just loaded a trailer and was still inside it. The dock plate was being moved with a forklift. Its edge snagged under the mast of the forklift, then broke free under pressure and came off the forks. It struck the employee's lower right leg, causing injuries to the ankle that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate