Incident date: 2022-08-05
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was waiting to off-load a truck that was being backed up to the door when the dock plate malfunctioned. The employee was helping to lower the dock plate manually when the plate fell and broke the employee's left arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate